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| Obama's 'Hope' poster artist says president has been too quiet | Obama's 'Hope' poster artist says president has been too quiet |
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| The artist behind Barack Obama’s famous Hope campaign poster has accused the US president of failing to live up to expectations by being too quiet on controversial issues. | The artist behind Barack Obama’s famous Hope campaign poster has accused the US president of failing to live up to expectations by being too quiet on controversial issues. |
| Shepard Fairey, who created the image for the 2008 presidential election campaign, said Obama had “gone quiet on a lot of things” during his two terms in the White House. | Shepard Fairey, who created the image for the 2008 presidential election campaign, said Obama had “gone quiet on a lot of things” during his two terms in the White House. |
| “I worked really hard for [Obama] so I had high hopes – pun intended,” Fairey said. “I think he ended up probably being very frustrated with the things he encountered. I think history will be fairly kind of his presidency but I want things to move further in the direction that he promised as a campaigner. | “I worked really hard for [Obama] so I had high hopes – pun intended,” Fairey said. “I think he ended up probably being very frustrated with the things he encountered. I think history will be fairly kind of his presidency but I want things to move further in the direction that he promised as a campaigner. |
| “He’s been more outspoken in the last 18 months. I think he’s going out having done some good things and said some good things. But there were about six years there where I think he could have done more.” | “He’s been more outspoken in the last 18 months. I think he’s going out having done some good things and said some good things. But there were about six years there where I think he could have done more.” |
| Fairey, who has voiced his support for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, said Obama was an “amazing communicator” but had not spoken out on some issues. | Fairey, who has voiced his support for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, said Obama was an “amazing communicator” but had not spoken out on some issues. |
| Speaking at the Museum of Contemporary Art gala in Los Angeles, he said: “Even if [Obama] was met with gridlock in government, in Congress, if he had been as outspoken as he was as a campaigner, I would give him a pass on not being able to push through some of the progressive things I hoped he would. | Speaking at the Museum of Contemporary Art gala in Los Angeles, he said: “Even if [Obama] was met with gridlock in government, in Congress, if he had been as outspoken as he was as a campaigner, I would give him a pass on not being able to push through some of the progressive things I hoped he would. |
| “But he was quiet on a lot of things. That to me was unfortunate.” | “But he was quiet on a lot of things. That to me was unfortunate.” |
| The Hope poster, featuring Fairey’s stencil portrait of Obama in red, beige and blue, came to represent the Democrat’s 2008 presidential election campaign. It has been widely copied, including a version created for the Occupy movement and most recently for the political satire TV series Veep. | The Hope poster, featuring Fairey’s stencil portrait of Obama in red, beige and blue, came to represent the Democrat’s 2008 presidential election campaign. It has been widely copied, including a version created for the Occupy movement and most recently for the political satire TV series Veep. |