Presidential Cinder Block Portraits

Craft & Design

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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June 11th, 2012

In this clever work called “President’s Day Surprise,” artist Christina Leung cast her own cinder blocks with the faces of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington imprinted in them and then left them sitting in a construction site on President’s Day.