POTUS

July 30 to Nov 27 2016 - This exhibition is timed to coincide with this year’s election, POTUS (President of the United States) features representations of individuals who have been president, as well as those who aspire to the office.

Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, borrowed from UK Special Collections, and commissioned for this occasion, the exhibition includes Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington; Gutzon Borglum’s bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln; Harry Shearer’s video montage of Democrats Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign; political cartoons by Edward Sorel of Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal; and Joel Feldman’s satiric drawings of Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, other candidates, and US citizens contemplating their choices in 2016.