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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #220 on: January 29, 2009, 04:24:47 pm »

Mikaela, could we even say that Shepard Fairey subverted  the (Jim Fitzpatrick/Alberto Korda/'Guerrillero Heroico') Che poster??   ::)

I sort of like that word in this context!


Yes, subverted could be used in this context, I agree. Though subverted has a "negative" sort of ring to it, as in "destroy, undermine and overthrow"  - and this is overthrowing something to positive effect. Then again, it's overthrowing something that apparently has very negative connotations to some, so two negatives make a positive I suppose!  :)


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Fortunately this isn't Cuba...and there is already an underground insurgency growing up to fight him.

 ??? ??? ???

That doesn't sound at all patriotic to me. Those who want to oppose the president of the USA and his policies surely should make use of the means freely available to them in your modern democracy - open debate, freely expressed opinions, voting in the next election.....

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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #221 on: January 29, 2009, 09:09:40 pm »


Yes, subverted could be used in this context, I agree. Though subverted has a "negative" sort of ring to it, as in "destroy, undermine and overthrow"  - and this is overthrowing something to positive effect. Then again, it's overthrowing something that apparently has very negative connotations to some, so two negatives make a positive I suppose!  :)



It's all  about context, isn't it! And irony--

Speaking about which....





Uhm indeed.
*Ennis face*
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??? ??? ???
That doesn't sound at all patriotic to me. Those who want to oppose the president of the USA and his policies surely should make use of the means freely available to them in your modern democracy - open debate, freely expressed opinions, voting in the next election.....




Do you all remember (or is it before your time)??






Blackadder: Baldrick, have you no idea what irony is?
Baldrick: Yes, it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/three_amy.shtml

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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #222 on: January 30, 2009, 02:29:12 am »


http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/the-inauguration-at-last/


Friday, January 30, 2009





January 29, 2009, 6:52 pm
The Inauguration. At Last.




































http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/the-inauguration-at-last/
The Inauguration. At Last.
by Maira Kalman


Friday, January 30, 2009


About the Artist



Maira Kalman is an illustrator, author and designer whose last column for Op-Extra, "The Principles of Uncertainty," ran from May of 2006 to April of 2007. She has written and illustrated 12 children's books, and her artwork is featured in a recent edition of Strunk and White's "Elements of Style."  She has also designed fabric, accessories, sets and a variety of objects with her late husband Tibor Kalman under the M&Co. label. Her work is shown at the Julie Saul Gallery in Manhattan. Ms. Kalman lives in New York City and teaches graduate courses in design at the School of Visual Arts.


(Also posted in the 'Inauguration Thread' in BetterMost 'Current Events.'
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,30675.160.html
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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #223 on: January 30, 2009, 11:50:44 am »
WONDERFUL!  Thanks for posting that, John!  :-*
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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #224 on: January 31, 2009, 11:17:35 am »





The Big Fix
Cover
Illustration by the Heads of State





http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html

Magazine
Sunday, February 1, 2009

The Big Fix
By DAVID LEONHARDT
The challenge for the Obama administration is transforming the economy when Wall Street and Silicon Valley aren’t able to.

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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #225 on: January 31, 2009, 12:39:43 pm »





Kevin Kallaugher
('KAL')





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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #226 on: January 31, 2009, 02:15:03 pm »




Ted Rall



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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #227 on: January 31, 2009, 03:18:13 pm »





Signe Wilkinson, Philadelphia Daily News


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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #228 on: January 31, 2009, 03:22:44 pm »



Ted Rall

This one strikes me as prophetic.  After all, one man can only do so much.  At least he's in there pitching!
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Re: Obama Art
« Reply #229 on: January 31, 2009, 03:58:28 pm »
This one strikes me as prophetic.  After all, one man can only do so much. 

So.... you're saying it takes a (global) village?  ;) :-* :)