Michael Jackson Wall Art – It’s Bad

Remember Michael Jackson?

Who could forget this pop icon?

A new art exhibition in London depicts Michael Jackson as a saviour, a saint, an entertainer, an icon, a monarch, a mask and a mystery.

The National Portrait Gallery show explores the way contemporary artists have been drawn to the late King of Pop, as an artistic inspiration, a tragic figure and a fascinating enigma. Gathering Michael Jackson art by 48 artists, the famous wall art exhibit includes Jackson-inspired paintings, photographs, videos, textiles and ceramics.

It ranges from 1980s pop-art portraits by Andy Warhol and Keith Haring to David LaChapelle’s depictions of a Christ-like Jackson and Kehinde Wiley’s vast portrait of the entertainer as a king on horseback.

Cullinan’s idea was sparked while conducting research for an Andy Warhol prints exhibition nearly a decade ago. Starting from Warhol’s own screen print portraits of Jackson for Time magazine in 1984, a point of focus in one room of this show, he realised just how many artists have been drawn and continue to be drawn to Michael Jackson as a subject. 

Cullinan was also fascinated by how Warhol and Jackson together were the perfect marriage of concepts in contemporary culture: the King of Pop Culture with the King of Pop.

Curator and Gallery Director, Nicholas Cullinan said that the show, coming nine years after Jackson’s death, explores “how he could mean so many different things to so many people?” He added that … “This is not a biography or a memorabilia collection, a retrospective of his career through the prism of music, dance, fashion or a study of his fame. This exhibition is dedicated to his influence on contemporary art.” 

The full list of featured Artists is:

Rita Ackerman, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Emma Amos, Lyle Ashton Harris, Dara Birnbaum, Candice Breitz, Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom, Monster Chetwynd, Michael Craig-Martin, Dexter Dalwood, Graham Dolphin, Mark Flood, Isa Genzken, Michael Gitttes, Todd Gray, Maggi Hambling, David Hammons, Keith Haring, Jonathan Horowitz, Gary Hume, Rashid Johnson, Isaac Julien, Johannes Kahrs, KAWS, David LaChapelle, Louise Lawler, Klara Liden, Glenn Ligon, Sam Lipp, Isaac Lythgoe, Paul McCarthy, Rodney McMillian, Dawn Mellor, Dan Mihaltianu, Lorraine O'Grady, Catherine Opie, Yan Pei Ming, Grayson Perry, Paul Pfeiffer, Faith Ringgold, Michael Robinson, Mark Ryden, Susan Smith-Pinelo, Donald Urquhart, Kehinde Wiley, Hank Willis Thomas, Andy Warhol and Jordan Wolfson

"Off the Wall" at the National Portrait Gallery in London runs from 28^th June to 21st October 2018.

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We are proud to announce our attendance at the upcoming shows listed below, throughout the remainder of Summer 2018:

• 2nd - 5th August 2018 - BBC Countryfile Live - Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, OX20 1PP
• 7th - 9th August 2018 - Wonderland Summer Festival - Waterside, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 6BA
• Sat 11th August 2018 - The Canwell Show - The Showground, Sutton Coldfield, B75 5SQ
• 23rd - 27th August 2018 - The Great Dorset Steam Fair - Tarrant Hinton, Dorset, DT11 8HX

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