[serious] Street Art Thread

[Az]

Knowing you I'd assumed [serious] was supposed to be ironic.

I'm not a goddamn hipster. I hate irony.

"heh"

[Imran Siddiqui]

You need to pay more attention.

Seriously... that was like Ben levels of non-reading.

[Heraclitus]

I agree with your assessment.

+1

Seriously... that was like Ben levels of non-reading.

I wonder if Ben dropped dead this moment would he live on forever as a meme on poly?

[Darius871]

+1

+1

[Heraclitus]

"heh"

Irony is a metal in America.

[Drake Tungsten]

The most interesting aspect of this is how often anti-Obama commentators accused me and anyone else whose remarks displeased them as playing some kind of race card. In fact, all I did was accurately point out that Obama was in white face. True, my description of the poster ended with, "All that's missing is a noose." However - to use the thinking of the anti-Obama crowd - my crack about the missing noose didn't necessarily refer to this country's history of lynching blacks. It could have simply implied a Blue State desire to see the president strung up - metaphorically, of course.

To be honest, though, I do believe the poster appeals to people who see in it a validation of their own racial prejudices, even if they can't acknowledge them. That my short post hit such a deep, raw nerve clearly shows that race was very much part of the illustration's attraction. Denials that the poster has any racial overtones join that endless parade of self-deluding apologies and clarifications presented by Republicans about the Birth of a Nation imagery they've been employing ever since Obama ran for president.

http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/community/obama-poster-all-about-race/

[loinburger]

"I can't believe somebody would accuse me of playing the race card! They must be racist!!!"

[Kitschum]

AMERICA
the
beautiful

It's because of things like this that I could never hate you for long

[Ben Kenobi]

my crack about the missing noose didn't necessarily refer to this country's history of lynching blacks

ORLY?

[Drake Tungsten]

Right-wing racist found!

When cryptic posters portraying President Obama as the Joker from "Batman" began popping up around Los Angeles and other cities, the question many asked was, Who is behind the image?

Was it an ultra-conservative grassroots group or a disgruntled street artist going against the grain?

Nope, it turns out, just a 20-year-old college student from Chicago.

Bored during his winter school break, Firas Alkhateeb, a senior history major at the University of Illinois, crafted the picture of Obama with the recognizable clown makeup using Adobe's Photoshop software. ...

If he had to choose a politician to support, Alkhateeb said, it would be Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich. ...

Regardless, Alkhateeb does agree with the Obama "Hope" artist about "socialism" being the wrong caption for the Joker image. "It really doesn't make any sense to me at all," he said.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/08/obama-joker-artist.html

Hopefully they'll catch the other racist responsible for putting posters of this image up.

[Ben Kenobi]

Firas Alkhateeb

Sounds like one of them durn Suthrons, Gov'nor.

[Drake Tungsten]

When did LA become ground-zero for street art?

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/our_town/acorn_inspires_graffiti_art_136062.asp

[DanS]