Graffiti often serves as an anonymous method of expressing personal opinions on politics and current affairs.
With the US elections just around the corner, many graffiti artists around the world are creating murals and stenciled pieces expressing how they feel about the presidential candidates and the current president of America, George W. Bush.
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This graffiti artist has depicted Bush as a cowboy. Maybe the person who stenciled this piece feels that Bush doesn't think before he acts, shooting from the hip without much planning or forethought.
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In another stenciled piece, George W has been given the addition of horns. Obviously the artist isn't in favor of the president and what he stands for. Although Bush's term in office will be over soon, many urban artists still create art pieces using Bush as a subject.
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This controversial piece depicts Bush in a passionate embrace with Saddam Hussein, the ex-president of Iraq. This is quite a graphic and imaginative expression of the conspiracy theories surrounding the events of 9/11, that claim secretive connections between the US and Iraq which benefitted only a chosen few.
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Walt Disney turns in his grave while a graffiti artist stencils a picture of George Bush in Mickey Mouse ears. Perhaps this piece of street art tells us that the artist finds Bush's actions to be quite comic and the subject of ridicule.
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In this piece, George Bush has a speech bubble stating, “Stop me before I kill again.” The artist may feel that Bush is not entirely in control of his actions or the consequences of his actions, putting responsibility for the deaths caused by the war between the US and Iraq squarely on Bush's shoulders.
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Two different artists have expressed opposite views on Bush in the same piece. The first artist, who doesn't appear to be keen on the Bush regime, created a stenciled artwork of George Bush's face as a skull and cross bones, also known as the Jolly Roger, a flag that has been linked to pirate ships. The skull and cross bones image has also been used to warn of poisonous or hazardous substances.
The second sprayer is obviously a fan of Bush, expressing this by painting a heart around the skull and cross bones motif.
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This artist links the current affairs in America to the occurrences of World War II, in which many members of the Nazi party were not aware of the atrocities happening around them, and others thought they were simply serving their country and conducting themselves as good citizens.
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This photo contains three separate artworks that are all linked by a similar theme to the previous picture. The first stenciled work, on the left, shows a mother bending over her child. The text is; “Mommy told me not to trust a pig.”
The second artwork is the sticker in the center of the picture. On the left half of the sticker we see a photo of Adolf Hitler, and on the right half, a photo of George Bush. The text questions, “If history repeats itself, will we notice?”
The third artwork is a composite of both Adolf Hitler and George Bush's faces, and the artist has named this character “Adolf Bush”.
The concurrent theme is a comparison between current American affairs and the circumstances of the Second World War. The artists obviously feel that there is more to the current state of affairs in America than meets the eye.
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In this piece of street art, George Bush and Osama Bin Laden are depicted as small children, pointing at each other in childish attempt to shift the blame for the current war onto the other. The artist has written in German, “Krieg ist Terror”, loosely translated to English as “War is Terror.”
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Using simple HTML coding, this graffiti artist has soundlessly expressed that he feels the world will soon see "the end of Bush".
