Barack Obama: “Breakfast of Champion”

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President Barack Obama! Is he a “modern messiah in the world of politics or marketing?” That’s the question that art duo Hank Willis Thomas and Ryan Alexiev hope to invoke with this portrait aptly titled, “Breakfast of Champion.” It was created from “thousands of cereal bits” and according to the artists’ statement, the “piece appropriates the religious imagery of Byzantine mosaics to create a sugar cereal image of President Obama” to explore the role that marketing plays in creating both corporate and political brands. Smartly, the image is available both as a cheapy poster or an expensive print.


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