Yes We Can Art: The Nervous, Worshiping Iconography of Candidate Obama
BLVD owner Damian Hayes says he supports the candidate, but he questions why so many artists are making these. ‘I don’t know if I’m being cynical, but sometimes it feels as though some artists are capitalizing,’ he said. ‘I mean, it always works to go with the winner.’
No duh. Lately it seems that the fast ticket for either selling posters or getting a shout-out on the design blogs is to vectorize Obama’s face, slap it over a starburst, set a word like “hope” or “change” in a bold sans-serif and charge $49.99 for it.
None of them tell me anything I don’t know (he’s inspiring!) or bring a new level of commentary to the discussion. But the people keep making them ‘cause the kids keep buying them.
Hopefully the author of the above quoted article is correct and once the election’s over we’ll actually start to see some interesting Obama related art.
Posted: August 20, 2008 at 11:11 am.
