Obama’s world — a peek at White House art
Anyone who has tried to find just the right art for just that particular spot at home knows how difficult the search can be.
So we thought we’d take a look at the selections for the White House home of President Barack Obama. Of course when you’re president you get to decorate with art loaned from major museums.
The New York Times online has a slideshow of some of the presidential art.
A dozen of the artworks in the White House private quarters are by George Catlin, an American painter whose specialty was portraits of Native Americans in the Old West, on loan from the National Gallery of Art.
The next largest in quantity are four by William H. Johnson, a 20th century American artist known for scenes of African American daily life, on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
One intriguing selection is Edward Ruscha’s “I think I’ll…” is a portrait of indecision with its words “Maybe… Yes…” and “On Second Thought” and “Maybe… No.”
The New York Times declared it a “Bold and Modern” White House and The Washington Post looked at the politics of the choices.
