Here is a short and stylish mini-documentary on the rash of Obama-related art that popped up around Seattle in the lead-up to the 2008 election, produced by Capitol Hill Seattle and featuring our very own Jen Graves.

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...

12 replies on ““Hope Art””

  1. That’s the kind of shit that would look awesome on my Obama altar. I am praying to Obama that he does another airstrike on Afghanistan like the one he did last week that killed 18 civilians.

  2. Isn’t the Obama as Lincoln thing just a little insulting to Lincoln considering Obama hasn’t even done anything of note other than win the election and take office?

  3. If I wanted my dear leader’s face everywhere, I’d move to North Korea. A little too Mao Tse Tung/Kim Jong Il for my tastes, thank you very much.

  4. I wonder how much Obama-related art we can expect from the UW students now that his book is the Common Book for 2009?

    I’m guessing a lot …

  5. “”Why Obama, why not McCain?” Uh, does that question really need to be asked?”

    You are right. They both suck ass.

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