Political Art, From Past to the Ugly Present
From Andy Warhol’s prints of Jackie Kennedy to Roy Lichtenstein’s cartoon take on the Oval Office, American politics have always proven ripe for artistic interpretation, even if this particularly turbulent election season — though it hasn’t been short on Trump art — may have seemed like something of an exception. In fact, there’s only one work featuring the Republican nominee in “Prints and Multiples”, a set of nearly 100 politically charged artworks from the last century currently on auction at Paddle8, which features everyone from Warhol and Lichtenstein to contemporary artists like Mickalene Thomas, Chuck Close, and Rashid Johnson. Revisit their works, here.
1
Mickalene Thomas, “Michelle O,” 2008.
2
James Rosenquist, “The Stars and Stripes at the Speed of Light, 2nd State,” 2000.
3
Barbara Kruger, “Savoir c’est pouvoir (from Estampes et Révolution, 200 ans après),” 1989.
4
Stephen Gagnon, “Money Laundering,” 2004.
5
Robert Longo, “Black Flag,” 1989.
6
Deborah Kass, “Vote Hillary,” 2016.
7
John Baldessari, “The First $100,000 I Ever Made,” 2012.
8
Chuck Close, “Untitled (President Clinton, from Freedom of Expression portfolio),” 1996.
9
James Rosenquist, “Flamingo Capsule,” 1970.
10
Barbara Kruger, “We Will No Longer Be Seen and Not Heard,” 1992.
11
Shepard Fairey, “Warning Surveillance,” 2001.
12
Rashid Johnson, “Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos (from America America portfolio),” 2008.
13
Romero Britto, “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” 2009.
