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Manifest (thank god) by Benjamin Lignel

Pin / Political Conceptual

Benjamin Lignel. Pin: Manifest (thank god), 2008. Screenprinting on paper and acetate, stainless steel, gold plating. ø 5.6 cm. What is happening, I think, is this: Religious prejudice is becoming a proxy for racial prejudice. In public at least, it’s not acceptable to express reservations about a candidate’s skin colour,
. so discomfort about race is sublimated into concerns about whether Mr. Obama is sufficiently Christian.
. Nicholas D. Kristof, The Push to ‘Otherize’ Obama. NewYork Times, 21 September 2008.

What is happening, I think, is this: Religious prejudice is becoming a proxy for racial prejudice. In public at least, it’s not acceptable to express reservations about a candidate’s skin colour,
so discomfort about race is sublimated into concerns about whether Mr. Obama is sufficiently Christian.
Nicholas D. Kristof, The Push to ‘Otherize’ Obama. NewYork Times, 21 September 2008

Benjamin Lignel

Pin
Manifest (thank god)
2008
Screenprinting on paper and acetate, stainless steel, gold plating
ø 5.6 cm
Multiple piece

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