Superman Obama
Spotted in singthiscorrosion’s photostream. These posters remind us of a previous post, but are done in a completely different style. There was no shortage of photos on Flickr, yet no one seemed to know who the artist is.
As always
If you know who the artist is, please drop us a line so that we can give the proper credit.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:50 am
[...] « Superman Obama [...]
October 30th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I do not know for a fact, but based on the Hitchcock painting and the female painting… It’s Mr. Brainwash (Banksy).
October 31st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
[...] op deze site is wat mij betreft Superman Obama, naar verluidt een werk van de grote [...]
November 10th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
It’s Mr Brainwash. He’s based in Los Angeles.
mrbrainwash.com
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:54 am
[...] has been a lot of art that depicts Barack as a super hero (here, here and here). However, this is the first one we have seen where he is dressed as Batman. For a [...]
December 13th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I walked by this tonight and also want to know who the artist is! Whoever it is, make a poster-version!
April 9th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Yes it is Mr Brainwash.
And I am the one who took this picture.
flickr.com/photos/piratec/3005637461/
singthiscorrosion’s picture is different than this one.
Thanks to credit the real author of this picture.
You can see the new series I took yesterday in Miami from Obey Giant.
Patice
April 9th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Patice,
Are you claiming to have taken the original photo? Even though the one you link to is clearly different? Even though I posted this page a month before your photo was even taken?
shame on you.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
My mistake then.
Sorry
Shame on me!
lol
April 9th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Patice,
No harm done – cheers!
May 12th, 2009 at 8:44 am
The superman obama poster is by a guy who calls himself mr brainwash. He has his own web page.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:32 am
THE QUESTION
The little boy awkward and shy
Had a question in his eyes
To him the world was so simple
Yet so hard to comprehend
Alas he asked in quiet tones
The meaning of a mystery
Sir, he said, can you explain
Why superman is not like me?
Jesse Owens was the fastest man
Back then, I hear its now Carl Lewis
Sir, what is the colour of the skin
Of these two super men?
I hear Joe Louis was the strongest of all
And Cassius Clay some say,
Sir, what is the colour of the skin
Of these two super men?
The only men I knew to fly
Seems almost to the sky
Were Michael Jordan and his friend
Kareem Abdul Jabar
Sir, what is the colour of the skin
Of these two super men?
And I could go on to relate
The exploits of so many
Fast running, hitting, men that fly
Long jumping men, men jumping high
That look so much like me
So what’s the reason, pray, kind Sir,
Superman’s so unlike me?
The old man looked sadly
Down at him in deep commiseration
What was the meaning of the riddle
That as a child he’d pondered?
Come son I’ll tell you
What I think, though
A philosopher I’m not
But patient years and
Great remorse
Have brought me some conclusions.
Superman is in the mind,
A thing of fantasy,
And in the world of fantasy
Reality is lost, and so both you and I
My son, can create what e’re we want
In the imagination
With which all minds are blessed.
But here’s my advice to you,
Young son, when inspiration comes
Use it as a precious gift
Without ever being rude,
Not to show that you are better,
Or less, than any other
But just to share the simple truth
That you are just as good.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
[...] a monstrous flower. shadows on lace curtains. a store window in santa monica. yellow stucco. obama as [...]
July 16th, 2009 at 4:50 am
pls view pictures
August 11th, 2009 at 6:46 am
I have one of this print, it is done by Mr. Brainwash Frenchman living in L.A.