This image of Barack Obama was done for the May 19th, 2008 issue of The Nation, for an article titled "A Deeper Black" written by Ta-Nahesi Coates.The piece deals with race, and argues that Obama's essential power has made old notions of identity and race obsolete. In the illustration, I was thinking about how the color itself could shift and blur beyond the form, to show that the colors of the portrait only vaguely define his likeness.
2 comments:
This is really nice, Doug. The graceful handling of your concept comes through on a first glance, but I still wanted to stare at it longer, looking and thinking.
great piece doug
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