Highbrow Magazine - contemporary new art https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/contemporary-new-art en Donald Topp and the Art of Skewering Pop Culture Icons https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/11120-donald-topp-and-art-skewering-pop-culture-icons <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Mon, 12/21/2020 - 11:20</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1donaldtopp.jpg?itok=Ffs6j_I1"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1donaldtopp.jpg?itok=Ffs6j_I1" width="480" height="480" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>Donald Topp is a silkscreen artist from Madison, Wisconsin. His work playfully skewers commercial pop culture, while honoring icons whose works have pushed boundaries.</p> <p><br /> As Topp explains, “I play off the nostalgia of a recognizable image, but make it into an avatar of a much deeper message.”<br /> <br /> Topp uses mixed media with screen printing in overlapping layers on paper and board. Images are hand-pulled with mixed-media application in each print, with predetermined sizes and ink selections for different bodies of work.</p> <p> </p> <p> In the last few years, Topp’s tattooed <em>Disney Princesses</em> and <em>Sesame Street</em> characters have gone viral to the point that his pieces have been pinned over a million times on Pinterest.</p> <p> </p> <p>This is Topp’s first exhibition at <a href="https://gallery30south.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Gallery 30 South</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2donaldtopp.jpg" style="height:600px; width:450px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3donaldtopp.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4donaldtopp.jpg" style="height:600px; width:447px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5donaldtopp.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/donald-topp" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Donald Topp</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/pop-culture" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pop culture</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/pop-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pop art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/contemporary-new-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">contemporary new art</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All images courtesy of Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:20:44 +0000 tara 10065 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/11120-donald-topp-and-art-skewering-pop-culture-icons#comments