Mason Newman | Black Sabbath Angel (Barbie Pink)

Mason Newman (b. 2000)
Black Sabbath Angel (Barbie Pink)
Mixed media on canvas | Original

The Barbie Pink variant of Newman's Black Sabbath Angel series introduces a collision of cultural registers that is characteristic of his best work at its most provocative. The angel — a figure of sacred iconography — is rendered in the most aggressively commercial of pinks: a colour so associated with a specific cultural moment (the 2023 Barbie film and its global saturation of the colour) that it cannot be seen neutrally. Against Black Sabbath's transgressive legacy, the effect is exact: a conversation between different kinds of cultural power, neither winning.

Mason Newman was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2024. His Pop-Satire practice — mixing rock iconography, advertising aesthetics, and mixed-media painting — has attracted serious collector attention across the UK and internationally. Original works from the Black Sabbath Angel series, produced in a specific collaboration with the band, carry additional provenance significance.

Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot. Private viewings by appointment for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.

Original
Mixed media on canvas
Forbes 30 Under 30, 2024
Certificate of Authenticity