125. Gradient [2009]

The election of a black president to lead the world's most powerful state was seen as a victory for democracy and freedom of expression. The title of the original exhibition of which the work was part, "44", corresponds to Obama's accession number as US President. Misled by a slight mix-up by the President of the Supreme Court, Barack Obama had a lightning-fast hesitation when pronouncing the oath of office at his investiture as President of America, and so the ceremony had to be re-enacted the next day, within a limited audience, with his left hand on the same Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his investiture in 1861. "GRADIENT's black-and-white morphing juxtaposes the well-known "mirrored" marble statue of Abraham Lincoln (by Chester French for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington) with an imaginary bronze statue of Barack Obama. The association is a direct reference to the filiation between the political ideologies and reform projects of the two American presidents." (Valeriu Mladin)

Dimenzije

width 200 cm, height 150 cm

Opis

oil on canvas, signed and dated right side, with grey, "MLADIN, 2009"

Informacije o istraživanju

The artwork was part of the "Superheroes/Antiheroes – Tendințe în arta contemporană românească" ("Superheroes/Antiheroes – Trends in Romanian Contemporary Art") exhibition, Art Safari 2021, București. The artwork was part of the "44" exhibition, Bucharest, 2010.

Izlasci

2009

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