Full Body Transplant is the blog of Rian Fike, a Miami artist and teacher. In an entry called "President Obama, the Artist," he presented some of the work he did during the election cycle and talked about how it was inspired. He found that Barack Obama supports the arts in education, and considers them important to society. Rian also presented the work of
Michael Murphy
The black protruberances are carefully-driven nails!
This piece is shown from several angles, at several distances, but impressed me most displayed thus.
2 comments:
DiAnne, these pictures are absolutely remarkable. What is it that makes Obama such a fantastic subject for artists? There are lots of very well known handsome black guys. Only one is about to be President though. Is that enough to capture the artistic imagination?
That top painting is the one I'd choose. But wire? Nails? How clever some people are.
Thanks for bringing these here. Wow!
I agree, remarkable is a good word for it!
That nail piece is ...Very Cool!
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