Friday, November 7, 2008

Obey Obama!

Via Tina Daunt, it turns out that Shepard Fairey, the Los Angeles Street artist who invented the "Hope" icon of Barack Obama - which captured the spirit of hope and change invested by millions of Americans in the Obama campaign - is busy creating a new set of "victory" seals to begin consolidating Barack Obama's cult of personality:

Obey Obama

Obey Obama

Fairey's website is entitled "Obey Giant," and includes subheadings labeled "Manufacturing Quality Dissent Since 1989," and "Propaganda Engineering."

Kim Jong Il would be proud.
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4 comments:

  1. RayNovember 7, 2008 at 7:11 PM

    As a graphic specialist myself that second seal is a nice piece of Art, however as you convey it's what's behind it that's scary.

    As that goes Lenin and Hitler had great propaganda makers as well Donald didn't they?

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  2. AnonymousNovember 7, 2008 at 7:39 PM

    Hi Ray!

    I love the artwork ... it's just the propanganda element that's freaky.

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  3. RayNovember 8, 2008 at 1:24 AM

    Oh I knew you thought the art was nice Donald, and yessir it is the message that's dang freaky :)

    You know, What was really scary was when they were trying to get everyone to walk around making a big "O" over their heads, remember that goofball cult maneuver?

    The new and improved "Seig Heil"?

    That really freaked me out and fortunately never took off

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  4. AnonymousNovember 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM

    The whole cult of personality around Obama is whacked-out, Ray.

    As president, Obama needs to be very careful that the cult elements of his election don't overwhelm him, and the Democratic Party.

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