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Popaganda Asia Tour and Mini-Series From Ron English

Much in the way of Ron English news came out over the holiday break. MINDstyle continues to prove itself peerless with this preview of an upcoming mini-figure set featuring many of Ron’s iconic characters. One of the figures is expected to lead the pack with a January release, while the other figures are set to [...]

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Ron English x Barracuda Pewter Abraham Obama

Looks like Ron English isn’t above some Kozik-esque colorways as the range of MINDstyle’s Abraham Obama busts continues to expand. Via Freshness this morning: Barracuda has teamed up with the original collaborators to create a special bust in pewter/metal finish. The bust is available exclusively through Barracuda with the current pre-order priced at $200 USD. I’m still [...]

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Celebrate History With an Exclusive Black Abraham Obama Bust by Ron English

History was made last night, and many people the world over woke up this morning proud of America for the first time in eight years. MINDstyle and Ron English would like to commemorate this momentous occasion with the vinyl fusion of two “skinny presidents from Illinois:” Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln. As blogged yesterday, [...]

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Abraham Obama Vinyl Busts by Ron English

MINDstyle chose Election Day 2008 to announce Ron English’s Abraham Obama 16″ vinyl bust sculpted by Vin Teng.  The bust is based on the Ron English’s Abraham Obama poster that is a Pop-inspired bit of street art.  The white MINDstyle’s member’s only version is already sold out.  The edition size of each colorway is limited [...]

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Abraham Obama (and Ron English) Hit the Campaign Trail

Abraham Obama is hitting the campaign trail! Ron English has been taken his show on the road and is doing wall installations of his stellar Abraham Obama images in three US hot spots. Last Saturday, Ron hit Jetset Graffiti on Sunset in Los Angeles, today he’ll be San Francisco doing his thing at 111 Minna [...]

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Ron English’s Abraham Obama Poster Now Affordable

You’re going to have to do your own coloring to match this Boston installation, but Ron English’s Abraham Obama poster (originally a limited edition for Upper Playground, which historically dropped the day Obama clinched the Democratic party nomination) has now been made into an open edition. While the limited screen print had a pricetag of [...]

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