Danger Dogs from Nepal – Folk Art from the Himalayas
For Immediate Release: January 8, 2009 Danger Dogs from Nepal
Michelle Page of Santa Monica is pleased to announce the Obama Series – 23 folk art portraits of Barack Obama painted on metal by 10 Nepali artists in the style of hand-painted signboards.
The captions include “Enlightened President”, “Green President” and “Gobama”. Given a choice of photos from which to paint -- from Shephard Fairey’s iconic images to Obama’s official Senate photo -- the artists chose which images they would paint, and were given free rein to interpret their signboards with their own palette.
The Nepali artists have a long tradition of portrait painting of political figures. Literally every shop in Nepal had a hand-painted portrait of the Nepali King up until the recent deposition of King Gyendra in April, 2008. The Obama series is an expansion of Page’s Danger Dogs project helping Nepali signboard artists survive the onslaught of digital technology. Until very recently, all signs in Nepal were hand-painted on metal, but computer imagery has replaced this tradition. Over 1000 signboards have been commissioned to date.
The Obama Series is currently available at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. They are also on view at www.NepalDog.com.
Contact: Michelle Page [email protected] 310-828-7745
Contact Michelle at: [email protected] 310-828-7745
Danger Dogs from Nepal – Folk Art from the Himalayas
You can read more about the Danger Dogs Project at http://nepaldog.typepad.com/danger_dog_blog/
Contact Michelle at: [email protected] 310-828-7745
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