Post from Mark Shetabi
–in response to robert asman’s post–
I’m all for preaching to the converted. It tends to remind people of what they believe in. Look at how right wing radio has galvanized the Republican base.
A short list of powerful and political artworks:

October 1977 –Richter
Third of May –Goya
Philip at Fraga –Velasquez
Charles V on Horseback –Titian (shown left)
F-111 –Rosenquist
Porkopolis –Sue Coe

Raft of the Medusa –Gericault
Target with Plaster Casts –Johns
Mother with Dead Child –Kollwitz
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— Mark Shetabi is a painter and installation artist