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OBAMA : Inaugural Exhibition with Shepard Fairey & ManifestHope
An American Milestone ! I was asked to create original artwork for this historic event.
Iconic. Myself and The KDU Represent in this Epic Exhibition with Calligraphic style!

We've reached a new chapter in the Great American Saga. On the Twentieth of January, in the Two-Thousand and Ninth year of Our Lord, one Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated as President of these United States. I was there to not only bare witness to this event - but to also help commemorate this historic change of power by creating A Series of Calligraphic Works that would visually reverberate this moment in history.

I hand-scribed a series of Four Large Pen and Ink pieces that reinterpreted the Words which shaped this country, and a phrase that is shaping the future. Myself and KDU partner DG reworked the words in The Preamble of The Constitution; as well as The Emancipation Proclamation and The Declaration of Independence - then I visually transcribed them into Iconic Circular Calligraphic works. I also created a piece to comment on the poignant campaign phrase YES WE CAN. I rendered the phrase in MONETARY CURRENCY SYMBOLS from around the globe ( including the Japanese Yen, US Dollar & Cents, Chinese Yuan, British Pound, The Euro, Israeli Shekel and Korean Won. ) This piece was designed to comment on the optimism communicated by this Iconic phrase, and the global reality of our current economic situation... The Key American Symbols are rendered in words taken from key documents of our american experience. It was a great deal of work - but I feel honored to have been personally asked to participate in this event and will forever remember this historic moment in time.

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: : : Aerosyn-Lex : : : January 26, 2009 11:32 PM