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Hope, With a Catch

Today, the Smithsonian announced it has acquired "street artist" Shepard Fairey's now iconic HOPE portrait of Obama. A similar image of Obama by Fairey appeared on TIME's Person of the Year cover, as well. Unsurprisingly, Fairey isn't a big fan of Obama's selection of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation. "I understand that Obama is trying to appeal to conservatives and evangelicals," Fairey wrote on his Obey Giant Web site, "but this move is symbolically a slap in the face to many people." He continues, "I still think Obama is the best choice for president, but I can’t condone Warren’s involvement in Obama’s inauguration, no matter how insignificant it is." Therefore, Fairey is donating a "chunk of the proceeds from an inauguration poster of Obama I was asked to create to the movement to overturn Prop 8." Of course, Fairey isn't the only Obama-obsessed artist. In Chicago, graphic artist Ray Noland is painting up a storm of Obamas, including a piece featuring Obama attack dogs chasing down the disgraced Rod Blagojevich.