KING. MALCOLM. MONDRIAN.

A mashup portrait and tribute to civil rights icon Malcolm X in the style of famed artist Pieter Cornelis Mondrian.                    KING Pop has become all encompassing (brand, celebrity, memes, blogs, comments, snapchat, Instagram, news, fake news, podcasts, Kickstarter, and on and on…) delivered to us across 1000’s of channels constantly updated in real time. The result of this is that pop has been diluted, disposable, and our relationship to and influence by pop culture is temporary. There is no longer a hierarchy of relevance or importance. A Google search of “KING ” results in 1000’s of references and images catalogued under that search term. In this piece king references include: Martin Luther King, The King Spaniel, King Henry VIII, The King of Pop, Stephen King, The King of Beers, The King of Hearts, King Kong, Burger King, Elvis Presley, Christ the King, and King David. MALCOLM Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent his teenage years living in a series of fost