Wood and Acrylic Latex Paint, dimensions variable, 2008 and 2017. The two sculptures comprising Transition of Power (From Hope to Highrise Demagogy) are extruded favicons for political campaigns. A favicon (“favorite icon”) is a 16-pixel by 16-pixel logo that appears alongside the URL or inside the tab in most browsers. Here, a block of wood represents each pixel of the favicon, …
Obama’s Last Night in Office
Acrylic latex paint on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2017.
Political Bowl Season – 2012 Election Website
I was invited to be the featured artist at the Fotofest International booth for the 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston. I pitched the idea of expanding my football/politics mashup developed earlier in the year into an interactive website where visitors to the fair could vote – or “cheer” – the candidate of their choice in the general election. …
PBS 2012: General Election Design Collateral
Political Bowl Season began with an idea to merge political parties and campaign races with the fanaticism and pageantry of american football. During the primaries of the 2012 presidential campaign, I developed helmet designs using the logos of each of the remaining candidates. Click on each thumbnail below for a larger view. Candidate stickers, each 4″ x 3″, handed out during the 2012 …
Building a Better America (Two Plans)
Wood and Acrylic Latex Paint, dimensions variable, 2008. Photos by Chuy Benitez.