'The Audacity of Compromise' featuring Barack Obama.
New street art from Lydia Emily.
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Free Humanity Breaks Down CheObama- UPDATE!
Free explained the idea behind CheObama to M&F
We had always assumed that Free Humanity's CheObama piece was about capturing the revolutionary flair that was in the air towards the end of the Bush Presidency. The people wanted change, and this piece seemed to represent that.
But Free told us that was not so much the intended message, as it was a commentary on the played out status of Che's being revolutionary. According to Free, Che's revolution was not necessarily a good thing and killed a lot of people and so has Obama, and that's what he was trying to show.
Obama swept into the presidency under the banner of peace. He pledged to close Guantanamo and end the wars, but instead we have become more entrenched.
And another image associated with Che's revolution is a clenched fist. And Free took that fist and placed a missile in the hand (pictured on the top of CheObama's cap) as if to say that the cost of revolution also brings death.
Up with Free's Jabba the Hut piece saying 'Greed is Good'.
Free had really impressive versions of both of these pieces at his show last week, covered with a resin glaze.
Keep bringin the revolution!
Won't Get Fooled Again
Political street art from D1G1TAL showing Obama and Reagan looking very chummy and saying 'Won't Get Fooled Again'.
Up with Common Cents.
This Deal Is Getting Worse All The Time
New Free Humanity piece featuring Obama as Lando, which makes the piece very relevant. Click the jump for more
We have posted how Free Humanity's CheObama pieces were great when they first came out, but since Obama's presidency has been far less than revolutionary, the image didn't really seem to fit anymore.
This new piece from Free seems to capture the frustration swirling around the Obama administration. And, after being caught up in the whirlpool of the bailout, health care, and now a burgeoning war, Obama is in a situation similar to Lando, who got betrayed during Star Wars. Like Lando, Obama is not necssarily getting what he bargained for, or we bargained for, and Free has saying "This deal is getting worse all the time."
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