The art of Kevin Blythe Sampson

THE ART OF
KEVIN BLYTHE SAMPSON

10/18/09

WHAT THE OBAMAS SHOULD HAVE BORROWED

Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen #130
1975
Gallart.com

Steve Mumford
Going Back In
2006
Postmasters

Ron Athey’s Solar Anus performance, from www.ronathey.com

WHAT THE OBAMAS SHOULD HAVE BORROWED

by Charlie Finch


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (ANDY WARHOL)
He’s the first metrosexual president.

A BASKETBALL HOOP WITH CANDLES (DAVID HAMMONS)
But don't shoot!

VIR HEROICUS SUBLIMIS (BARNETT NEWMAN)
That's Barack, of course.

THE ROSE (JAY DEFEO)
Because the Presidency is a heavy, heavy job.

BARBRA STREISAND PROFILE (DEBORAH KASS)
She was good enough for Bill Clinton.

DICK AND BALLS SCULPTURE (LOUISE BOURGEOIS)
To ream the Republicans.

ANYTHING BY KARA WALKER
Nicely matches the new interest in Michelle's genealogy.

SUNFLOWER (JOAN MITCHELL)
Like Obama, she had a nicotine habit.

GOING BACK IN (STEVE MUMFORD)
Now, it's Afghanistan.

THE SOLAR ANUS (RON ATHEY)
Even the Sun King must sit on the pot.

CHARLIE FINCH is co-author of Most Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula (Smart Art Press).

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