Certain bits of pop culture get lodged inside your brain and stay there. Nashville-based artist XPayne has an almost preternatural ability to discern exactly those moments that are beloved but slightly obscure — it’s a balance that makes you feel like you’re in the same club as anybody else who gets the reference: The stature of Aunt Viv as she shows up the snotty dancers in an episode of Fresh Prince, Chris Tucker’s cadence when Smokey tells Red he got knocked the fuck out in Friday, Rosie Perez’s ferocious dance moves at the opening of Do the Right Thing. XPayne has taken these moments and turned them into graphically simple but vibrant works, and they’re all available to purchase — at extremely reasonable prices — on his Society6 page. LAURA HUTSON HUNTER
Best Pop-Culture Treasure Trove
XPayne’s Society6 Page
