RON ENGLISH: LIVING IN DELUSIONVILLE

RON ENGLISH: LIVING IN DELUSIONVILLE explores the impact of corporate messaging through art and its necessary antidote: noncommercial thought-provoking public art.

Artist Ron English plays by his own rules, creating dynamic art across the world which demands dialog and provokes action. From humble Midwestern beginnings, processing the commercial imagery of pop culture into a darker, funnier universe he calls Delusionville, English has pranked and pummeled his way into prominence, influencing generations of artists and laying the groundwork for the explosion of Street Art.

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THE LAST WORDS OF SCOTT MOODIE

Canada, 2022, 25 m, Director Brandon Kaufman

Shot weeks for his renoviction, THE LAST WORDS OF SCOTT MOODIE gives the titular Montreal artist, bohemian, and man-about-town total control of his narrative. Moodie's stories, which range from the hilarious to the heartbreaking, pile one a top another, keying us into his biography while also raising fundamental questions about gentrification in Montreal, queerness and art, and the broader relationship between art and commerce.