The first painting, of Che Guevara, is a piece done by Gerard Malanga (1968). The second piece was created by Shepard Fairey (2008) (more can be found at flickr).
If you briefly look up, for example on Wikipedia or Google, images such as the above you get similar explanations - that is influencing art and iconic images. What is exactly the rationale for this form of influence; Subjective imagery over objective reality? How is it that those who retain these fanciful ideas for a normative society become such iconic cultural figures?
The intent here is not a direct comparison of character exhibited by these two persons, but rather a comparison of heroic images exhibited by artists who emphasize radical ideology over objective reality and history (that is the history of failed societies based on Marxist philosophy). Certainly the idolation of Obama is premature, to say the least. With that said, do emotional hopes cause some to look past objective reality while hoping for new results from previously failed, fallacious ideas?
2 comments:
Have you seen this:Che Chic
http://reason.tv/video/show/622.html
Beth, thank you for providing that link - very interesting. Ignorance and idolation can be very disgusting.
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