Here's a novel take on American presidential history, from artist Justine Lai:
In Join Or Die, I paint myself having sex with the Presidents of the United States in chronological order. 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. A power lies in rendering these patriarchal figures the possible object of shame, ridicule and desire, but it is a power that is constantly negotiated.
Impenetrable. Inserted. Heh.
Yes, there are some pictures if you click through. Sadly, no Obama or Clinton or Bush or JFK. Or FDR; now that would've been kinky!
