Randy Kennedy explores the state of political art in search of the iconic images that previously captured people’s imaginations as we navigate another absurd political season.
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Political Art in a Fractious Election Year
by Randy Kennedy
The New York Times
July 17, 2016
In 2008, when the artist Shepard Fairey created the graphically striking “Hope” portrait to support Barack Obama”™s presidential campaign, it seemed as if a rich tradition of American political imagery reaching back at least to the middle of the 20th century “” on posters, buttons, bumper stickers “” was still very much alive. The art critic Peter Schjeldahl called the “Hope” poster “epic poetry in an everyday tongue.”
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