Wicked Samurais in Cartoon Disguises

Artist Ferris Plock is back at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco but this time he's mashing up samurais not with skateboarders but with cartoons characters we all know and love. Why are Daffy, Snoopy and and Hello Kitty wearing colorful samurai gear? They're not! It's actually those wicked samurais again dressed up in disguise!

Just For One Day is the name of Plock's new show which fuses his traditional Japanese style with a rebellious sensibility. Featuring Plock's childhood heroes - from cartoons, comics and commercials - these pieces aim to bring "new life to familiar faces of pop culture."

"I had a lot of fun creating these paintings and a lot of memories and personal stories are wrapped up in each of these paintings," Plock told Shooting Gallery in a recent interview. "It was very nostalgic and cathartic for me. However, it was also rewarding to take these images of my past and give them new faces and new contexts. I am always trying to balance my work with play and I feel like that this show is very much that balance.