Pop Icon x NFT: An exciting, bold, colorful show of strong visual symbolism and representational imagery
BFREE STUDIO is proud to present Pop Icon, a group show featuring artists Tony Concep, Cisco Lopez, Shlome J. Hayun, ARTLORD, BOURN RICH and SEY.
Take a look at the NFTs associated with this exhibtion here!
Tony Concep/Anthony C. Brown Jr is a multidimensional artist and designer raised in Charleston, South Carolina. He earned his BFA in film animation from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Concep is a trained illustrator, Creative Director and a visual artist, producing work that centers around iconic portraits with mixed media street art aesthetics. Concep merges social political ideas with textures, lines, patterns and typography, blending logos and iconography from his early childhood experiences.
Cisco is a self-taught artist from Los Angeles, California. Cisco’s style includes a variation of pop-art meets street-art. He combines images of popular culture with environmental elements that surround him. Both Rae Sremmurd, a member of Slim Jxm, and fashion designer/artist Jeff Hamilton are collectors of his work.
Shlome J. Hayun has a vast background in fine arts and music. He has the unparalleled ability to see beauty in the everyday and create unique art inspired by the world around him, He bridges beautiful, colored, abstract design with elements of street and pop art. He draws from his spirituality and cultural roots and channels love and light in his work. Light-heartedness meets undermined rules in the euphoric world he creates with his art.
ARTLORD explores the relationship between current pop culture, recycled culture, and nonchalance. He accentuates overlapping themes and styles including the relationship between popular culture and media, repetition, provocation, and a deeper look into the process of expectations – particularly with recycled pop culture icons and his work often refers to pop and mass culture. Some works radiate a cold and latent violence while others create a sense of playfulness and joy.
BOURN RICH is an artist originally from inner city Chicago whose work is deeply infused by traumatic, early childhood experiences, his diverse interests, and his deeply founded ideals. His work often depicts basketball, baseball, football and the Los Angeles hip hop and skateboarding scene. Rich’s work translates his unique experiences with visual imagery that is both bright and touching.
SEY is a contemporary mixed media artist born in Tokyo, Japan who is now based in Los Angeles. SEY tackles important social issues with sharp, graphic design sensibility with craftsman-like execution. SEY’s art reflects a tongue-in-cheek take on popular culture from a universal perspective. His work often merges Japanese motifs with American pop culture introducing a new meaning to the subject matter. SEY has also led conceptual design projects and has developed an aesthetic through various visual mediums using mixed materials and bright color.
Pop Icon opens at BFREE STUDIO January 3, 2022. 7857 Girard Avenue – La Jolla. Hours Tuesday – Sunday and anytime by appointment.
