My Obama painting goes queer for London's Chroma Journal #9, UK
Purchase a copy of Issue 9 online or at the following bookshops:
In Paris (@Librairie Les Mots la Bouche)
In London (@Gay's the Word)
In San Francisco (@City Lights Bookshop)
I have a painting in the current issue of Chroma Journal in London, themed "Americas". It's my acrylic and stencil/spray on canvas painting Obama in Conversation with Vishnu and Daleks (above). Chroma is funded by Arts Council England and it's literary pieces get positively reviewed in The Times.
My painting is about many things, not least the way that Obama emerged from the Internet, as if he and everything we name must be reborn through the Internet to have legitimacy to our ideas of 'what's real'. That said, I unnapologetically support Mr Obama's agenda, but agree that the changes we need cannot be achieved by one person. Hidden in the painting is a lot of code which isn't clear in a reproduction. So who is Vishnu and who are the Daleks? Who will influence Obama the most and change our world without asking us? And in a world of information operations and communications warefare, are the Daleks the good guys? A painting about secret agents, and agents of change. Or read about the contents and order Issue 9 at: http://www.inpressbooks.co.uk/chroma_9_americas_issue_i019951.aspx Thanks to ACE and Editor Shaun Levin and his team for publishing this piece.
