Fat Joe has his own pair of "Si Se Puede" Obama A1s.
If you all have seen political A1s as art or as accessory please send along some flicks.
Showing posts with label Nike Air Force One. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nike Air Force One. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Speaking of Political Air Force Ones...
Fat Joe has his own pair of "Si Se Puede" Obama A1s.
If you all have seen political A1s as art or as accessory please send along some flicks.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Battle of the Political Air Force One's
Last year Puerto Rican artist Miguel Luciano created a pair of Nike Air Force Ones with the image of Filiberto Ojeda Rios, head of the Puerto Rican Indepencence group Los Macheteros.
Filiberto was murded by the FBI in his home. Miguel Luciano's piece wanted to explore the way that Filiberto had been commodified as a slain revolutionary (similar to the way that Che is commodified on t-shirts) and created these sneakers. The sneakers garnered some mixed feelings (check out Raquel Z. Rivera's amazing piece about the tensions these sneakers bring up at Reggaetonica and here).
Well now the battle of the political A1's on!
Artist Jimm Lasser recently opened his exhibition in New York, with Obama as the theme of the exhibit. "The Obama Force One" is one of the most interesting pieces in the show, with graphics of Obama engraved onto the sole.
What do you all think? Interesting comments on the commidification of "leaders" or just plain commodity?
Filiberto was murded by the FBI in his home. Miguel Luciano's piece wanted to explore the way that Filiberto had been commodified as a slain revolutionary (similar to the way that Che is commodified on t-shirts) and created these sneakers. The sneakers garnered some mixed feelings (check out Raquel Z. Rivera's amazing piece about the tensions these sneakers bring up at Reggaetonica and here).Well now the battle of the political A1's on!
Artist Jimm Lasser recently opened his exhibition in New York, with Obama as the theme of the exhibit. "The Obama Force One" is one of the most interesting pieces in the show, with graphics of Obama engraved onto the sole.
What do you all think? Interesting comments on the commidification of "leaders" or just plain commodity?
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