Portrait of Barack Obama by Shepard Fairey, at National Portrait Gallery

Wendy Wick Reaves, curator at the National Portrait Gallery, discusses the portrait that came to symbolize the historic campaign of President-elect Barack Obama. The portrait is on display at the museum. .

The piece, created by Los Angeles based graphic designer and street artist Shepard Fairey, came to the museum through the generosity of Washington, D.C., art collectors Heather and Tony Podesta, in honor of Tony Podestas mother, the late Mary K. Podesta.

This large-scale mixed-media stenciled collage is on view in the New Arrivals exhibition, on the museums first floor. For more on the poster, see the NPG blog at: http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2009/01/now-on-view-portrait-of-barack-obam...

Credit info: Barack Obama / Shepard Fairey, 2008 / Hand-finished collage, stencil and acrylic on paper / Gift of the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection in honor of Mary K. Podesta / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / © Shepard Fairey/ObeyGiant.com

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[AlvaroVonKunstler]

How big is the painting? Exact dimension?

[11BABYLON]

i found it funny how the first two terms contradict themselves, way to study up on ur marxist ideologies

and by the way i hope u know the usa has been a socialist country since conception

even under Papa Reagan

[raist2]

Ms. Reaves gives a good commentary.

[raist2]

That's not George W. Bush "slimjim7709," you should have your eyesight checked.

[iLuvAkeys4ever]

Capitalism in its own right does not work, thats why you have socialism in the USA in for the form of Social Security and Medicare and Medicade. You need a mixture of idealologies. You have had 200 plus years of private healthcare not solving the problem of universal healthcare as you still have 49 million people without coverage. A National healthcare system would solve this problem, but you fools are too NEGATIVE to see the truth

[slimjim7709]

this is a historic painting!...lol...your grandkids will know this as the face of the guy who ruined the USA...good job!...lol

[tbackes]

communist, socialist, dictator