"American Depress"

Featuring a rather bloated Mickey Mouse crucified on a faux ABS American Express (Depress) card, the figure comes in a rather more extravagant paint scheme than previous Black releases, coming in gloss black vinyl with gold and white accents.

Pop iconoclast Ron English presents the ultimate black vinyl fetish item – American Depress. A three dimensional depiction of America’s Bloated Billionaire Mouse Messiah is crucified upon the mousetrap status symbol of American capitalism: the Black Card.

For American Depress, the urban pop prankster has focused on a beloved character happily entrapped by the consumerism that has made him. The over-stuffed mouse is splayed on a 12-inch tall sheet of black ABS, embellished with gold printing. The card numbers reference the beginning of the royal rodent’s reign, and, a very short time after, the darkest hour in the history of the American economy. From there both iconic rodent and consumer grow to obesity until the card’s expiration date – the day of the foretold apocalypse.

Typical of the culture this mash-up of feigned innocence and greed represents.