Existing comment:
Favianna Rodriguez
born Oakland, California 1978
César Maxit
born Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina 1976
1 Million Deportations ain't Enough for Pres. Obama! Sign the Petition & Spread Art
2011
digital image
Aimed at reaching an immediate and widespread online audience, Rodriguez and Maxit created this digital graphic to share on social media networks. The image invokes Shepard Fairey's famous 2008 "Hope" portrait of Barack Obama, created to help elect the first Black president, but turns the optimistic image into a condemnation of the Obama administration's high record of deportations.
Museum purchase through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2020.38.4 |