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Change you can see

As my friend The BAG likes to say, he's been looking forward to an Obama presidency partly because the visual palette will change so dramatically, making the study of contemporary visual politics even more interesting. I couldn't agree more. A few examples from recent days...

Folks, this gym rat is your new president (today's NYT):

And here's your first lady, listening to her husband's DNC speech in a painting by Elizabeth Peyton (article here):

This last one appeared over the summer, but two of us will be talking about it this afternoon at a campus symposium called "Lincoln and Cultural Value" (background on "Abraham Obama" here):

Image credits, top to bottom: Doug Mills, NYT, 11.7.08; photo of Peyton painting via politico.com courtesy The New Museum, NYC; artist Ron English, abrahamobama.org.

Coming attractions: second ever first efforts image challenge results over the weekend...

07 November 2008 in visual politics | Permalink

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