In Pop Art at Hawk Salvage, Phoenix-based artist Ritu Raj presents a vivid new body of work that merges Pop Art’s bold humor with the tactile world of salvage and reinvention. Shown in the creative heart of Grand Avenue, the exhibition features a series of colorful cutouts and mixed-media pieces that reimagine familiar cultural symbols through abstraction and play.

The show reflects Raj’s ongoing exploration of how contemporary art can bridge nostalgia and modernity. His cutouts, crafted with precision and wit, transform everyday imagery into meditations on consumption, memory, and renewal. Set within the raw, industrial atmosphere of Hawk Salvage, the work finds resonance with the space’s spirit — where discarded materials become sources of beauty and meaning.

Pop Art at Hawk Salvage continues Raj’s broader inquiry into transformation — an artistic language that evolves from his earlier thread paintings and abstract canvases to this new, exuberant dialogue with culture itself.