Oh, Mister President!
August 26, 2009
San Francisco artist Justine Lai likes to paint herself having sex with Presidents of the United States (in chronological order). Raised in Sacramento, Lai, 24, lives and works in San Francisco.
Writes Lai about her irreverent Join or Die series:
I am interested in humanizing and demythologizing the Presidents by addressing their public legacies and private lives. The presidency itself is a seemingly immortal and impenetrable institution; by inserting myself in its timeline, I attempt to locate something intimate and mortal. I use this intimacy to subvert authority, but it demands that I make myself vulnerable along with the Presidents.
See Justine Lai subverting authority in watercolors, Join or Die. Correspond with the artist: justinelai@gmail.com
