No candidacy in recent history has inspired more artistic expression than Barack Obama's presidential campaign. During the 2008 election year, Obama imagery seemed to be everywhere -- on walls, on bumper stickers, on clothing, and on the Internet.
Topics: Political Art

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Among the Ngaju, and other Dayak groups that were influenced by their culture, the long, complex rituals of the secondary burial required elaborate carvings. The mausoleum, called a sandung, is an intricately carved "house" that rest on one to..

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Figure (Hampatong), 19th–early 20th century Ngadju or Ot Danum people, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia Wood; H. 71 in. (180.3 cm) To honor the dead and protect the living, the Ngadju and Ot Danum peoples of southeastern Borneo create a variety of wood...

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For Borneo's Dayak peoples, spirits embody everything: animals, plants, and humans. Many groups have drawn on this power by using images from nature in their tattoos, creating a composite of floral motifs using plants with curative or protective...

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