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Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

July 02, 2010 from PauloGabriel's blog

Don't be fooled by the colorful happiness of these this paintings. Many of these are totally subversive, and they totally rock. It's counter-culture illustration at its best.

The man behind these is Dave MacDowell, an artist with strong views, and as far as it goes, he wants to tell your canned culture sucks. He's an amazing artist with great pieces of work, subversive or not... but I do love his message. This is something of you kids to think about. A lot of what you see from the tube is pure brainwash material. Turn off your tv and your video game, go read a good book. Seriously. ;)

The Breakfast Fight Club


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

And God Created Sugar


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Miseryland


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Lord Of The Onion Rings


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Taxi Rider


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Another Perfect Day


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Hendrix In Wonderland


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Pacino (Impasto)


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Flying While Intoxicated


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

When Yoko Ate Ringo


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Bad Motha' Eraserhead


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Breakfast Hawks


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

The Deer Hunter


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Duck And Cover


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

The Enchanted Mental Hospital


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Parents Just Dont Understand


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Jaws Of Metal


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Bad Mutha' Wizard!


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

LollyPulp Fiction


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Burn Hollywood Burn


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Detail on "One Flew Over The Rainbow"


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

For The Birds


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Feed The Children


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Oompacino


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Return Of The King


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

Lost Tiki Island


Powerful Subversive Illustrations by Dave MacDowell

About the author

Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil, born in 1984. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.

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