Alejandro Vigilante: iPop: Social Commentary
Alejandro Vigilante: iPop: Social Commentary
The founder of what he calls “the i-Pop movement”, Alejandro Vigilante creates humorous and ironic mixed-media works and paintings that draw their subject matter from popular culture. In his “WiFi in the afterlife” series, Vigilante gives voice to iconic figures such as Grace Kelly, Frida Kahlo, and Marilyn Monroe, transferring images of them onto wood, alongside imagined Tweets and social media updates that the figures might have sent in today’s networked culture, and colorful patterns in acrylic paint. “What’s more pop than the internet?” he has asked. Vigilante cites Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg as major influences on his work.
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Founded in Miami Beach in 2007, Avant Gallery continually offers a critically acclaimed collection of art and design products curated with limited availability and unlimited personality.
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143 Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10016
212.689.9200
Open Daily 11am-8pm
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When: Fri., Nov. 14, 2014 - Wed., Dec. 10, 2014 at 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Alejandro Vigilante: iPop: Social Commentary
The founder of what he calls “the i-Pop movement”, Alejandro Vigilante creates humorous and ironic mixed-media works and paintings that draw their subject matter from popular culture. In his “WiFi in the afterlife” series, Vigilante gives voice to iconic figures such as Grace Kelly, Frida Kahlo, and Marilyn Monroe, transferring images of them onto wood, alongside imagined Tweets and social media updates that the figures might have sent in today’s networked culture, and colorful patterns in acrylic paint. “What’s more pop than the internet?” he has asked. Vigilante cites Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg as major influences on his work.
About Avant Gallery
Founded in Miami Beach in 2007, Avant Gallery continually offers a critically acclaimed collection of art and design products curated with limited availability and unlimited personality.
Avant Gallery
143 Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10016
212.689.9200
Open Daily 11am-8pm
[email protected]
www.avantgallery.com
@AvantGallery
facebook.com/AvantGallery
twitter.com/AvantGallery
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Alejandro Vigilante: iPop: Social Commentary