Art For Obama
September 28, 2008 11:17 AM   Subscribe

Art For Obama : is an art auction starting October 1st in which proceeds will benefit the Obama campaign. [via]

Artists Represented:
Nubar Alexanian
Marc Asnin
Richard Barnes
Uta Barth
Nina Berman
Walead Beshty
Dawoud Bey
Elinor Carucci
Lois Conner
Phil Collins
Eileen Cowin
Tim Davis
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Doug DuBois
Mitch Epstein
Jason Evans
Wendy Ewald
Larry Fink
Harrell Fletcher
Stephen Frailey (bio, surprisingly no image galleries available)
Andrea Fraser
Jason Fulford
Tierney Gearon
Jim Goldberg
Frank Gohlke
Emmet Gowin
Katy Grannan
Sharon Harper
Todd Hido (previously)
Jeff Jacobson
Eirik Johnson
Ron Jude
Lisa Kereszi
Michael Light
Catherine Lord (bio, image gallery not available)
David Maisel (previously)
Susan Meiselas (previously, and here, and here)
Richard Misrach (previously)
Laura McPhee
Abelardo Morrell (previously, and here, and here)
Carter Mull
Laurel Nakadate
Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison (previously, and here)
Hirsch Perlman
Jon Pilson
Laurie Simmons
Mike Slack
Alec Soth
Joel Sternfeld
Larry Sultan
Peter Sutherland
Hank Willis Thomas
Wolfgang Tillmans
Catherine Wagner
James Welling
Mark Wyse
posted by grapefruitmoon (18 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: I know this must have taken a lot of work to put together, but political fundraisery stuff is not a great fit for the front page, and it sounds like you may have ended up with a more-is-less effect with the exhaustive list of artists besides. -- cortex



 
Might just be my dumb luck, but the first pic I clicked on at random was a woman wearing nothing but ruffled underwear bent over a chair, and the second appeared to be a portrait of a real doll.
The rest are far more standard fare, but I can just see those two running on Fox News being presented as though the campaign had selected them.
posted by Kellydamnit at 11:29 AM on September 28, 2008


dreadful.
posted by billybobtoo at 11:36 AM on September 28, 2008


So how exactly does this work, given that the contribution limit is $2300? Do the artists give $2300 worth of art, and then someone can pay up to $4600 for it?
posted by smackfu at 11:42 AM on September 28, 2008


That has to be one of the most soullous collection of artwork I have ever seen, and I dig the weird avant guard stuff other people bitch about...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 11:59 AM on September 28, 2008 [1 favorite]


"Obama financed by sick serial killer/terrorist art!"

And that was the first click... and yeah I love modern art too
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:07 PM on September 28, 2008


Wait a minute, there's a political fundraiser for a politician?! Metafilter, you truly are the best of the web! God bless you!
posted by mattholomew at 12:13 PM on September 28, 2008 [1 favorite]


ur doin it wrong
posted by empath at 12:17 PM on September 28, 2008


Interesting. My friend and I had a similar idea, but instead of art, blowjobs (receiving end). For every blowjob provided, we'll donate $100 to his campaign. Win/win, right?
posted by rbf1138 at 12:29 PM on September 28, 2008


This is kinda like when I pick up the occasional book and it's so horrible it's inspiring, in an "Hey, I could do better than this!" kinda way.

otoh, there were a few I liked, but the wheat/chaff ratio is way off, here.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 12:39 PM on September 28, 2008


Wait a minute, there's a political fundraiser for a politician?! Metafilter, you truly are the best of the web! God bless you!

I was going to make an incredibly original and hilarious Pepsi Blue State joke, but I made at least one in the past week already. In the context of this post - heck, in the context of the site linked to - the art is notable solely because buying it will benefit Obama.

This is basically spam.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:43 PM on September 28, 2008


Hmm, let me amend that slightly. I had for whatever reason avoided the stuff posted previously. Good choices there. I like that stuff in significantly higher proportion.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 12:47 PM on September 28, 2008


Yeah, what Alvy said (excepting the stuff that was notable without the gimmick). If I were a bland photographer looking to sell my stuff, I'd jump on a promo like this, too.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 12:49 PM on September 28, 2008


I thought this was going to be an endorsement from Art Garfunkel. Or Art Donovan. But it's worse.
posted by wendell at 12:59 PM on September 28, 2008


Art for McCain
posted by maryh at 1:10 PM on September 28, 2008 [2 favorites]


Well, I'm no art critic, just a normal dude. But I wouldn't hang too many of those in *my* house. Good cause, good idea...but (for the most part) shitty art.
posted by jamstigator at 1:22 PM on September 28, 2008


I'm an Obama supporter, and I wasn't even planning to click on any of those. This is NOT the place to tout political fund raisers, for EITHER side. And, after reading the responses, I'm glad I didn't waste my time...

This isn't content, this is advertising.
posted by HuronBob at 1:24 PM on September 28, 2008


oops... in reading my post I think I came across harsher than intended.... sorry..
I someone wants to delete that, it would be fine with me...
posted by HuronBob at 1:30 PM on September 28, 2008


I must be completely out of touch. Does nobody paint or sculpt anymore? Are people seriously selling inkjet prints for thousands of dollars?
posted by lysdexic at 1:39 PM on September 28, 2008


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