Pulp Street

Growing up as a youngster in the 80’s and then a teenager in the 90’s of course has it’s era-culture-candy as I like to put it. Yes I was a child who was hooked on Sesame Street (who the F wasn’t?). And yes I was the ripe age of 16 when Pulp Fiction came out (lucky me!). So here I am 15 years later when the cult classic and childhood nostalgia parodies are running rampant and speak massive volume to the Millenials (aka generation X) and I have to do my part to keep the mash up of memories alive in what I dub my Pop-Fiction series.

What better to start off this series than mashing up that infamous puppet duo Bert and Ernie with that other killer duo Vincent and Jules of Pulp Fiction? What I find hilarious about Bert being portrayed as Jules is that there was always this subdued underlining that Bert was just a hint on the angry/evil side. Ernie always seemed a little more passive aggressive and fit the role of Vincent perfectly. This painting was a blast to work on and I have moments of reflection when I look at it and say to myself, “what the hell is it that I do again?”, and laugh. This piece made it’s debut as part of the Malice In Wonderland show I curated back in July and had a huge impact on the crowd who came through the venue. I had a number of people who said they had a shitty day and when they saw this huge 4×4 foot painting their ill-affects were immediately lifted. I’m proud to make art that makes people laugh and feel good as I also work on a lot of edgy and dark pieces as standard.

There is a lot more to tell on this painting and I will be sharing more of the Pop-Fiction series soon. This piece is now for sale from Defiant at www.defiantwear.com and will also be featured in Big-Up magazine in Oct 2010. I’ll be updating the thread as news comes in!

The word bubble says in Japanese and Yakuza: “Say what again, asshole!”

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