DAVID GARIBALDI’S MICHAEL JACKSON ‘POP TRILOGY’ TRIBUTE PAINTINGS

Visual artist/ performance painter David Garibaldi hit me up earlier this week and shared his new paintings of legendary entertainer Michael Jackson. I was blown away by them and had to show him some love on the blog.

In what he calls the Pop Trilogy, here is what he sent me:

I am a Performance Painter from Sacramento, CA and I read Concrete Loop everyday, and it keeps me up to date on my Urban Pop Culture. It influences my art subjects in a huge way, and just wanted to share with you these paintings I just completed in honor of the king.

Prints aren’t available for purchase, but if you want more info on them check out David’s official site. Peep larger versions below – sooooo dope!

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75 Responses to DAVID GARIBALDI’S MICHAEL JACKSON ‘POP TRILOGY’ TRIBUTE PAINTINGS

  1. S. Dot

    He is incredibly talented!

  2. Candi

    Absoultely stunning… I love Davids work.

    Man..we will miss you Michael :(

  3. $cars

    The video is tight! I like his Kanye paiting. These MJ ones are classic too. Very talented guy.

  4. Imani B.

    these are really nice …
    these pics low key remind me of the “miskeen” clothing line

  5. yawl kill me

    Love it… those would be awesome tee shirts….

  6. noname

    Those MuthaF’ paintings are the shizzzznit!

  7. hood_shit

    he’s sic wit it!

  8. I'ma Diva

    LOVE IT!! WE MISS YOU MJ!!

  9. Chocolate Honey Bunches

    AWWW THOSE R SOME HOT MASTERPIECES!!! BIG UPS TO DAVID!!!!!

  10. Dame(always love MJ)

    beautiful paintings!!

  11. andreanicole

    These piantings are amazing!!

  12. Major Movie Star

    Everybody is trying to capitolize on MJ’s death now, when they spent so much of his life ridiculing him. Like my mother said, they ran him out of America and hounded him everywhere else he went until they ran off of the earth. RIP MJ! They will get theirs.

  13. Quanna

    i like him…he’s good

  14. afrobella82

    I really want these

  15. MiSSSEXY

    Extremely great work keep it up David.

    Hey that would be a good idea # 6 i would loooove to rock them on t-shirts.

  16. Thatsuperstar

    I really want one until I realized you said they are not for sale. I was going to be all over this. Hopefully he will have some prints soon.

  17. Mr. Back To The Future (I'm So McFly)

    DOPE!!!

  18. Red Hills

    David Garibaldi you have such a talent! I’m blown away, awesome work my dear and thank u for sharing your work with us! This is truly breathtaking! Loves it! :-)

  19. brittanybeauty

    How much are these pantings? great work

  20. rian

    what a talent..very nice work.

  21. Tate®

    I LOVE David’s work…I have 3 of his canvas pieces in my living room RIGHT NOW…he’s amazing!

  22. Emma V's Great-Grandaughter

    The paintings are nice.

  23. leslie arnelle

    Some people are so talented that it blows my mind! Thanks for sharing this CL…YOU ROCK!

  24. Huney2Flyy

    WOW this is AMAZING This Guy is SUPER TALENTED ….

  25. John

    wow he is awesome! i am def featuring him on my online magazine

  26. Camille

    >>>>Peep the evolution of his hair and his nose. They are nice…question…if they aren’t available for purchase, where will they end up?

  27. Deann

    This is marvelous!! WOW this man is very talented to say the least. My gosh! Go on brother go on!…Love you to Pieces Mike….

  28. Don't Be Foolish.

    @15, you took the words right off my keyboard…Everybody’s trying to get their piece now that it’s “cool to like MJ again”, i.e. he ain’t “Wacko” anymore, obviously. People coming out with unreleased MJ mixes out of the blue and ish. Same people that were callin him wacko and weird. Like the family said at the memorial, maybe now they’ll leave him alone, or HEY in this case, maybe they’ll try to draw attention and profit to THEIR SELFISH SELVES through this tragic death. SMH people so fickle and foolish.

  29. Taylor

    @ 32 & 15

    Yall making it seem as if David Garibaldi had bad intentions towards Michael Jackson. Not everybody had bad intentions towards him. Plus hes not tryna get money out of doing it…or else he wouldve sold it on the spot.

    But I like how artists can create something just like that.

  30. The Wayno Show

    Beautiful

  31. @ 15..Who’s “they” do you even know?

  32. moving on

    wtf are some people on here talking about?
    why is it that every single time someone does something MJ related, he/she must have been one of his haters before his death…smh
    not everyone who loves him now hated him before so stop trying act like you’re talking with intelligence…

  33. peacekeeper

    @32 – Very true. But those are nice paintings, wish they were for sale.

  34. JstBReal

    Those are really tight portraits of MJ.

  35. Candy

    Wow thanks for sharing your wonderful work with me,Great job please keep up the awesome work!

  36. PYTMissyouMichael

    Loving it Angel that’s a good look! They are very vibrant and colorful and a great example of celebrating his life.

  37. Dude is crazy talented, I LOVED the Jill Scott and Chaka Khan ones!

    I would bug the hell out him to buy them if I had some extra cash lol

  38. bria

    Let this man rest in peace. In the infamous words of Marlon Jackson maybe they will leave him alone now.

  39. Give Me Flowers While I Yet Live

    Nice, but he should have created this some years ago. MJ would have enjoyed it.

  40. Argie

    DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. LULU

    @ 32 and 15 I agree, but I don’t think this person is tryna profit as he said they aren’t for sale (yet) and he was just paying homage. Nice nonetheless.

  42. 90sbaby928

    these paintings are beautiful!! :)

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  44. truth

    pure talent……. amazing

  45. FK43

    You people act like MJ never was given a tribute before his death. He was the living legend. After that trial however, he lost a lot of fans in the U.S and respect. However he was given tributes prior to that. He won the AMA award of Merit in 84, won the MTV legend award in 1990. He won the Grammy Legend award in 1992. He was given the Artist of the Millennium in 2000. He had his 30th anniversary in 2001 and many more that I don’t feel like naming. He was imitated by Justin Timberlake, Usher, Chris Brown, Omarion, Ciara….the list goes on. In the early 00s Vh1 created the MJ best video moments they used to have the MJ marathon where they show his Dangerous concerts, i remember because I used to watch it. In the 90s they had MJ marathons on MTV. He made some poor decisions by letting that little boy in his house!! After he had kids that should have been the end of it. I’m sure this person is not trying to profit from his death, yall just act like he was never appreciated. I appreciated him, what about you?

  46. sonjaz

    i would love to commission this dude to do one for me … i also lost both of my brothers Michael and Keegan….and it hurts like hell

  47. LV

    these are really good…too bad hes not selling them

  48. CHUBBS

    dope!
    rock in peace mj!

    ps: 2cnd look like rihanna somehow.

  49. lil

    Nice. But honestly I don’t like them. I mean they are beautiful to look at but the young one looks the least like him unless you are not paying attention to detail. The middle one is nice, but it looks like a woman and the last one his nose is…..?

    Only thing I like about the paintings is that MJ is colorless because I don’t like seeing the collages of a black boy turned white man. I don’t care if you hate what I say, thats what I feel, it looks funny.

  50. CHRISITNA

    watch this guys! this is him: http://www.youtube.com/re...amp;search_type=&aq=f

    HE WENT TO SHELDON HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. WATCH THIS! HES CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! VERY TALENTED.

  51. MaZ

    One word: Vibrant!

    Great Work David!

    Thank U for sharing it with us Angel!

  52. Luvbug

    Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  53. Tay

    These are dope but how much is he going to make for this

  54. You Don't Miss Your Water Til..

    I DON’T KNOW IF IT REALLY DOES MICHAEL JUSTICE. I KNOW THEY SAY A PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS OR WHATEVER, BUT TO ME IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A BUST OF A PERSON AND DOESN’T INCLUDE MIKE’S SOUL WHICH WAS HUGELY MADE UP OF HIS DANCING

  55. laura

    totally inspirational artwork!!

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