Russian painter Rinat Shingareev lives in a happily bizarre world. His plush pop paintings of world icons from George Bush to Lil Wayne are warm and inviting but have a sense of something weird. From Bush secretly shedding a tear for NASA to Putin against a backdrop of purple camouflage to a floating Obama head in a sunflower, the artist is letting us in on a joke like the sly smile of the Mona Lisa and having fun with his audience.



self portrait





Russian painter Rinat Shingareev lives in a happily bizarre world. His plush pop paintings of world icons from George Bush to Lil Wayne are warm and inviting but have a sense of something weird. From Bush secretly shedding a tear for NASA to Putin against a backdrop of purple camouflage to a floating Obama head in a sunflower, the artist is letting us in on a joke like the sly smile of the Mona Lisa and having fun with his audience.



self portrait