Designed by
Shine Shine, South African, founded 2007
Subject of
President Obama, Barack, American, born 1961
Date
2009
Medium
cotton
Dimensions
H x W: 60 5/8 × 76 3/8 in. (154 × 194 cm)
Horizontal Repeat: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Description
Length of commemorative printed textile by Shine Shine featuring graphic portraits of Barack Obama surrounded by rose vines. The fabric has an orange ground with a background print of a leafy rose vine with pale green leaves, red blooming and bud roses, and light brown vines. The design is oriented so that there is a middle section and two side sections, with the side sections mirroring each other. At each selvedge there is a pale green border with red swags and pale green fringe having a scalloped edge. Printed above the border as if driving on it is a black town car with red highlights in profile. The car has a white five-pointed star on the hood in front of the driver side wheel and white text printed on the driver side front and back doors reading "Shine Shine". Above each of the cars is a red hand balled in a fist with the knuckles facing and the letters "HOPE" in light brown, one letter on each finger. Above the fist is a pale green oval with a black leafy wreath border. Inside the oval is a drawn portrait of Barack Obama wearing a red shirt and black suit jacket and necktie. He looks upward to the right. His eyes are highlighted in red and his teeth are pale green with a white five-pointed star at one corner of his parted lips as if they are shining in the light. A pale green banner with black text below the oval reads "HOORAY / FOR THE / PRESIDENT". This same oval drawn portrait is oriented sideways and printed down the middle section without the banner of text. A pale green cardinal sits on the rose vines between each of the sideways oval portraits in this middle section. On the outer sections between the repeating oval portraits above the "HOPE" fists and town cards is a black outlined circle with a pale green interior background and another drawn portrait of Obama. In this portrait he wears a white shirt with black suit jacket and necktie and looks straight at the viewer with his mouth closed but slightly smiling. Red text printed inside the black border reads "PEOPLE OF THE WORLD THIS IS OUR MOMENT THIS IS OUR TIME". The designer's name "Shine Shine" is printed in black on the top selvedge.
Place made
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
Classification
Textiles and Quilts
Type
textiles
portraits
Topic
Africa
African diaspora
Design
Identity
Politics
Textile design
U.S. History, 2001-
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
Object number
2017.16.7
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a35225e7-1eb6-4af9-9eaa-47c80fcbc31c

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