Obama Art

October, 7, 2009 — nicedeb

This painting (with one small addition) is part of a collection of art the Obama’s have chosen for the White House:

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Works by those artists were among some 45 pieces that the first couple borrowed from several Washington museums to decorate their private White House residence and the West and East Wings, the White House press office announced on Tuesday.

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But the collection is also not without humor. Another contemporary work chosen by the Obamas is a word painting by the California artist Ed Ruscha. Called “I Think I’ll … ” it deals with the subject of indecision. The work depicts a brilliant red sunset against which Mr. Ruscha has painted phrases like “Maybe … Yes … ” and “Maybe … No … ” and “On Second Thought.”

A slideshow of the rest of the collection, here.

Hat tip: Drew at AoSHQ whose previous post was titled: Report: Obama Rejects Biden’s Afghanistan Strategy. Still No Decision On Troop Increase

Related:

Stephanie Gutmann for the UK Telegraph:

Mr President: Please. Stay. Home. Just try it.

So here’s an idea: Sit in that nice Oval Office of yours. Alone. Think about one issue for longer than ten minutes. (As an incentive, you’d look really moody and Kennedy-esque and someone might snap a picture of you Tackling the Problems of the Free World Alone in Your Office.)

Read a briefing paper. Hey, here’s an idea: Read one of those 1,000 plus-page health bills that’s going to transform one sixth of the American economy. You can be the first Democrat to find out what’s actually in ‘em so you folks won’t keep getting beaten to the punch when conservative bloggers actually read the things and find embarrassing stuff.

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