Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-hero — Kristofferson San Pablo: Scully Phoning Mulder. David Duchovney, Why Won’t You Love Me? 2014. Colored pencil on paper. 8 × 12″ (detail)

Childish dick drawings and celebz in the bath by Kristofferson San Pablo

Words by James Cartwright, Wednesday 29 April 2015

If you like Eric Yahnker – and let’s face it, who doesn’t? – then you’re really going to enjoy the work of Kristofferson San Pablo, a Filipino artist now based in Los Angeles. His work takes an ironic look at popular culture, lampooning it for its absurdity, but also acknowledging its utter infectiousness. Kristofferson’s strange pencil drawings and luxurious paintings eroticise Simpsons characters, destroy our lust for celebrities and ridicule the stars of reality television, making sure that when surveying the modern world our tongues are kept firmly in cheek.

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-1 — Kristofferson San Pablo: Texts For Nicole. 2011. Pen on paper. 9 × 13″

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-2 — Kristofferson San Pablo: Interstellar (Homerotica #9. After Kenny Scharf). 2011. Oil on canvas. 51 × 63″

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-3 — Kristofferson San Pablo: Ask Me What It’s For. 2009. Graphite on paper. 20 × 24″

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-4 — Kristofferson San Pablo: he Diplomat. 2012. Oil on canvas. 50 × 35″

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-5 — Kristofferson San Pablo: Sweep (Kobe Reading). 2012. Color pencil on paper. 7 × 10″

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-6 — Kristofferson San Pablo: Selena. 2012. Colored pencil on paper. 11 × 8″

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-7 — Kristofferson San Pablo: Rod And Todd. 2013. Oil on canvas. 7 × 10″

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-8 — Kristofferson San Pablo: Scully Phoning Mulder. David Duchovney, Why Won’t You Love Me? 2014. Colored pencil on paper. 8 × 12″

Kristoffersonsanpablo-itsnicethat-10 — Kristofferson San Pablo: Kanye Feeds A Parking Meter. 2014. Colored pencil on paper. 11 × 8.5″

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