Obama Art

If you’re on the Southside of Chicago, I (rich) know you’ve probably seen some of these posters up on construction sites. If you’ve been lucky, you’ve seen them in Des Moines, throughout the midwest, LA, and NYC. They are by an artist named Ray Noland (aka “CRO”) and you can view his collection at GoTellMama.org. It’s a fun site and I hope you guys check it out and maybe buy a few posters (respect to 1865co.).

His posters are not your typically stodgy red-white-and-blue “change you can believe in” placards. Instead, Noland’s designs are sharp and irreverent, drawn with an urban hip-hop sensibility. One poster shows Obama as a basketball player shooting hoops on the White House lawn. Another features Obama as Robin Hood delivering a bundle labeled “health care” to the needy. Another paints Obama as a boxer vying for the heavyweight championship.