They've also measured his head size. He should be ready for Mt. Rushmore by Inauguration Day 2013...
Posted on 01/08/2009 6:22:31 PM PST by melt
WASHINGTON — Even before he takes office, President-elect Barack Obama’s image will become part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, the museum announced today.
The gallery acquired the iconic red, white and blue collage by Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey, depicting Obama with the word “Hope.” The image — later modified with the messages of “Change” and “Vote” for the Obama campaign — became one of the most memorable images from the 2008 election. The curators at the Smithsonian Institution museum plan to hang it by Inauguration Day.
“What I think is so fascinating is the ubiquitous nature,” said Carolyn Carr, deputy director of the Portrait Gallery. “When people think of a portrait of Obama, they think of this image.”
Gallery officials would not reveal how much they paid Fairey for the five-foot tall, mixed-media stenciled collage. Art collectors Heather and Tony Podesta of Washington donated money for the Smithsonian to purchase the work.
Typically, the gallery acquires official portraits of presidents as they are leaving office, and an official Obama portrait will be added later. A portrait of President George W. Bush was unveiled at the gallery in December.
Fairey’s collage appeared on thousands of stickers, posters and T-shirts across the country. Time magazine recently commissioned Fairey to create a similar image of Obama for its Person of the Year cover.
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They've also measured his head size. He should be ready for Mt. Rushmore by Inauguration Day 2013...
I like the “truth-in-advertising” version, captioned simply:
Dope
Guess I better get my kids to see Mt Rushmore soon
It’s really going to be a big let down when Obama crashes everything he touches.
B0...STEP AWAY FROM THE ROCK FORMATION AND NO ONE WILL GET HURT.
No big deal. It will end up in the garbage heap along with everything else in the Smithsonian when the Muzzies complete their takeover of this country.
or this one? 
And people thought I was crazy when I said we are returning to Nazi Germany
The image of a man who believes that newly born children should be put in waste bins because their “mothers” wanted the kids dead . . . what have we wrought? Lord help us!
They’ve also measured his head size. He should be ready for Mt. Rushmore by Inauguration Day 2013...
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Don’t worry. There isn’t enough stone/rock for his inflated head to go. Won’t work.
My father told me about defeating the Nazi’s once.
Suspect it is repeatable.
to be kept under
THE ONLY ILLEGAL PRESIDENT OF USA
-PJ
It’s a propaganda poster.
“Don’t worry. There isn’t enough stone/rock for his inflated head to go. Won’t work.”
...not to mention his ears.
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