Election-Inspired Art

November 3, 11:53 AMNY Art ExaminerBrian Solomon

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With one of our country's most hotly contested election seasons just about to come to a suitably dramatic close, here's a look at some art--both fine and folk--that has been produced by the Obama/McCain battle...

A sand sculpture by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik, on Puri Beach off India's Bay of Bengal.

A bust of Obama by Norma Lyon of Toledo, Ohio--made from 23 pounds of butter!

The covers of two recently published comic books on the lives of both McCain and Obama.

An anonymous wall mural on a street in New York City.

A painting on display in the driveway of New Gloucester, Maine resident Robert Horr.

Paintings of both candidates by Rodney Hall, on display at a McCain rally in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Live mobile public performance art by Eric Staller. Called Peacetank, it depicts a circular bike ridden by Obama and several world leaders.

Yan Pei-Ming's watercolor-on-paper "U.S. Election: Obama/McCain 2008", on display at last month's FIAC show in Paris.

A life-sized messianic sculpture of Obama by Art Institute of Chicago senior David Cordero.

The wax heads of both candidates, being created for their respective likenesses to be put on display at Madame Toussaud's famous wax museum.

Photos courtesy of Yahoo News.