Inspired by this weekend's hijinks, we tracked down Ron English's latest show, Son of Pop, which opens at Varnish Fine Art tonight, June 2, from 7-11 pm. Though fascinated with the same sorts of pop-culture subjects as Andy Warhol, he treats them with a different, more overtly subversive aesthetic. Known as the father of "agit-pop," English juxtaposes a highly critical political sensibility with modern advertising techniques, using his message to alter their meaning. Aided......

All the culture jammers said hey (haaaa-yeeee) on Friday night at the Women's Building, for the first SF DocFest screening of Pop-aganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English by Pedro Carvala, and the film short Fridge by Brian Perkins and friend of SFist Jason Blalock. Pop-aganda is a profile of the artist Ron English, who's made a specialty of 1) guerrilla billboards and 2) paintings about the commodification of pop culture, and Fridge is about magnetic poetry in San Francisco. Like the films' introducer said, "these films are -- well, I don't want to say pranky....", to a resounding "whoo!!!" in the crowd. What happens when you take a refrigerator into the streets of San Francisco, and ladies with Mickey Mouse boobies, after the jump. Pop-Aganda and Fridge play again on May 21 at 10 p.m. Art by Ron English...