Photo: The Three Headed Tatooed Waif
www.johnjohnjesse.net
John John Jesse is a NYC painter who belongs to the so-called Lowbrow generation by Pedro Alonzo in the book The Upset. Young Contemporary Art (2008) Gestalten.
Lowbrow is also called "pop surrealism". An Art movement from the 70s, coming from subcultures from LA involving punk music and hot rod street culture.
INKvasion concept alludes to the punkpop culture elements of John John Jesse's paintings. More precisely about the tattooed females represented on his canvas. Inkvasion celebrates the way he portraits and translates the inked divas populating the streets of big cities in such outstanding way, his writing his name of the art history books.
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