George w bush jr paintings

One of the most central components of contemporary art is its relation to politics – from the government structures as subject matter and current global events to questions of how aesthetic representation can remedy or simulate gaps in political representation to the manner in which identity is being politicized.

Mostly, it is usually someone from the outside creating artwork that reflects political events.

However, in the case of Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’ Warriors series, it is someone from inside the political world portraying political and social events, some of which shook the world the soul.

Consisting of 98 paintings, the series honors post-9/11 U.S.

veterans and is housed at the new art space at the Kennedy Center.

The journey to view these paintings is paved in tributes to nationalism. It is jarring, having to pass by the Capitol and the White House, the National Mall and its series of monuments and museums, embass