Artist Combines Images Of Old American Frontier With Internet Slang

by Ryan Salinetti


Mention: "Artist Shawn Huckins toys with the idea of the American West getting its social media on in a series of hilarious and surprisingly poignant mashup artworks. Somewhere between Ed Ruscha and a product of KnowYourMeme.com, Huckins' series "The American __tier" juxtaposes classic American imagery with slang, hashtags and the abysmal grammar we've come to expect in the internet age...."

Shawn Huckins was featured on The Nice Niche in July 2013... 

http://www.theniceniche.com/shawn-huckins-artist 

More of his New Work can be seen here: http://www.theniceniche.com/new-work/shawn-huckins-new-work