Found in a bar, in Hoi An, Vietnam:
The artist’s name is Tran Trung Linh (take a sec to read his ’statement’, it’s a trip). He’s a graduate of Saigon’s HCM Fine Arts University. He creates wicked pop culture infused mashups like this one. I saw another in a shop he sells from, in Hoi An, that had a Mona Lisa exquisitely rendered, on a flat apple green background, listening to an ipod with the same style of superimposed white type, but for the life of me, I can’t remember what it said. Through the generosity of the lady who sells his work, I was invited to go to his studio to talk with him. We spent about 20 minutes talking about the SuperBono painting, his other work and his inspiration. It was an honor to meet him and a totally unexpected pleasure to encounter his work in this tiny little town. This guy is gonna be famous one day, for sure. I tried to buy the Superbono painting from the bar owner, but he had already sold it twice before and was beyond reluctant to part with it for a third time. Some guy in Germany and another in Australia got there before me.
Update: Tran Trung Linh (or someone posing as him), just posted his website in the comments, so I thought I’d add it to this post. Linh has a website! although since it’s flash and there are no meta keywords or description in the html header it’s virtually impossible to find in a search. Check it out: PsychoLinh.com. great stuff, but none of the stuff I really liked is on there. There must be a whole section of pop-icons missing.
http://www.psycholinh.com