Patriotic Art

wipala

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http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040831/D84QAQ7O0.html


"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil."
- Max Lerner

fishermanben

Looks like he learned on paint by number Velvet Elvis.

wipala

I'm not commenting on the quality but the subject matter. Did you read the part about the gallery owners screaming and cussing about the work and tossing him out . So much for letting art be art.The same people who think a crucifix in a jar of urine is great art refuse to show art that disagrees with their politics.

"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil."
- Max Lerner

wipala

The work isn't subtle. One of LoBaido's pieces shows a NASCAR-style race car labeled "Bush/Cheney" barreling toward a bewildered-looking donkey, and another shows a match close to a U.S. flag with the caption "Don't Even Think About It."


The gallery did insist on keeping at least one of LoBaido's pieces out of the exhibit - a depiction of Sen. John Kerry with two mouths.



"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil."
- Max Lerner

fishermanben

I see your point. They shouldn't censor what he can and can't show in his exhibition. Especially sense it is just a polital statement as opposed to the religous jabs that are not only shown at other exhibits, but all over network T.V.


Ben