Martyrs & Outcasts

LIL PUP CHRONICLES THE LIVED REALITIES OF MARTYRS AND OUTCASTS. THIS SERIES—HIS FIRST—WILL BE MADE UP OF 36 COLLECTIBLE PAINTINGS. ON PEOPLE WHO LOVE LIFE, HOLD FAITH, AND SEEK TRUTH WITH CONVICTION, BUT FIND THEMSELVES CENSORED, SLANDERED, OR WORSE—IN MODERN BABYLON. INSPIRED BY THE GNOSTIC WRITINGS OF PHILIP K. DICK AND NOAM CHOMSKY’S PROPAGANDA MODEL, LIL PUP USES A BRIGHT CARTOON STYLE TO BRING A SENSATION OF LEVITY AND HOPE TO ORWELLIAN THEMES SUCH AS SUPPRESSION OF SPEECH, PERSECUTION OF THOUGHTS, AND DENIAL OF REALITY. AS CORPORATE MEDIA, TECH MONOPOLIES, AND AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS ACCELERATE THE SPEED AT WHICH THEY MANUFACTURE CONSENT—THIS DARK BUT TRIUMPHANT SERIES SYMBOLIZE...View all