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THE ART OF POLITICS:
Does pro-Obama creativity say more about the candidate or his fans?
As noted here Friday, this week’s Consumed is about Obama as muse.
Creative types have backed politicians before, but the outpouring of Obama-promoting creativity, free of charge and for the campaign’s benefit, has been remarkable. Does it say more about the candidate — or perhaps about his supporters?
Read the column in the April 13, 2008, issue of The New York Times Magazine, or here.
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Reader Comments
I have done two giant paintings of Hillary and Barack to raise awareness for stem cell research. Go to this link to see and read about my project: http://web.mac.com/annieweatherwax/Site/Barack%26Hillary.html
I enjoyed reading your column on Obama. Here in Austin, especially on the east side, Obama fever is present everywhere–in the form of traditional posters, those Fairey posters, homemade arts and crafts, graffiti and of course, merchandise ads (“obama tees and buttonz”). And several times a day I see “Obamanos” bumper stickers.
Thanks for the dap, Rob. Keep up the good work.
Something else that’s interesting about all this is how the candidate handles the attention. He’s said in a few places something to the effect that he’s just a cypher for people’s concerns, more of a focal funnel and point of organization for political expression than the sort of top-down managerial leader we’re used to. If we take him at his word, that suggests an Obama presidency could possibly express some creative solutions funneled up from those scads of $20-$200 donors.
I too am an inspired artist, having just finished my piece “Words of HOPE.” Using ONLY torn paper from TIME Magazine (all articles specific to this campaign), I created this portrait of Obama. Please visit http://www.PAPERtoCANVAS.com to check it out!