Obama Poster
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- detritus0
Thanks for posting the iso50 print, Rafal, I'd forgotten to check back to have a peek after he mentioned it in his blog recently.
I like it as a print, but am a bit disappointed that he based it off an existing piece - it's a bit like iso50's not confident enough in his ability to just let his style speak through, and has borrowed from his vocabulary to force recognition. Or something, I'm babbling.
Also, it doesn't really scream 'Obama Democrat Campaign'. I mean, it's a good departure from all the portraits, but unless that 'Progress' line and somewhat vague employment of the 'heartland' logo is utterly embedded in the American psyche (which it might be, I don't know) it's a bit tenuous. If this was on the street, would a layperson recognise it as a campaign poster?
And, I know it's a specious comparison, but I can't help thinking of early Soviet Communism when I see Obama drawing from the wealth of creative output. There's something unsettling in the summation of policy in a pretty picture.
- yeah.. totally/
what is this new fascination with obama posters anywaysMeeklo
- yeah.. totally/
- NoTalent0
What is with all these Obama graphics - where are the inspirational, God-like McCain designs? Is it possible?
- Complexfruit0
http://blog.iso50.com/?p=1948
Some insight into the making of iso50's Obama poster. Always nice to see how other people work and how a project comes together.
- OSFA0
- like the logo pinjaylarson
- such a beautiful posterorganic_grid
- if yo can get a signed original of this (for about 1000US!) it'd be a pretty god investment i reckon. beware of fakes though. see http://obeygiant.com…Andy_ssw
- did someone mention KFC?christoff
- there is a newer "official" version of this one that says "hope" across the bottomFaction18
- ...and its much cheaper but still impossibly hard to find.Faction18
- Living in LA I see these everywhere.invictus1er
- ukit0
- not so muchlvl_13
- hahahahaJaline
- I like this better than the ISO50 print.Seanbot
- lol404
- this looks sooo wrongJaline
- I actually LOL'd sitting here at my desk.Gilt001
- If Barack Obama and Kanye West had a baby this would b himrocknonstop
- omfg totally getting this for jevad
;)sputnik2 - LMAOmoldero
- On velvet. Or as one of those rugs you see for sale on the side of the road. I'd buy 2.blackfrancis
- pauli0
holy shit, hahhaha
Actually,I hate the Shepard Fairey poster! That shit is so commercial!
- OSFA0
and Obama is not?????
- BonSeff0
- Does it say that because this looks simply like a black version of Bush?Ampersanderson
- No, it says that because of Obamas addmital to drug experimentation in his early years...technikiller
- studderine0
i really hope obama wins...but i have a sneaking suspicion that america will default to its previous voting trends.
- mg330
iso50 was chosen by the campaign as only the second official print after Obey. Pretty awesome. I'd been waiting to see that print for a few weeks now and ordered one immediately yesterday when it was posted. Really beautiful work and glad to have finally donated to the campaign.
- mg330
Now, I like the portrait type prints/posters, but I think I'd get tired of that down the road, like years from now.
The Is050 image, I could see that on a wall for a long time. It's political but it's also somewhat abstract. The face images are quite literal and obvious. I think I'd feel like a person who kept an image of Jesus on the wall for years, and though I admire Obama greatly, he's no Jesus.
- dskz0
haha if he stinks as a president these posters are gonna be hilarious