Mixed Media Collage No. 17
Four Days in 2020: November 3 | Fourth in a series of four | 2021 | Mixed media; cut paper, evidence bag, McDonald's wrapper, sticker, oil, ink, and acrylic on BFK Rives 100% cotton paper | 22.5 x 30 inches
On November 3, 2020, the United States of America voted for the office of President. The choice was more/less between former Vice President, Joseph Biden, Jr., and the current President Donald J. Trump. Election night ended with the major media outlets leaning in favor of Trump being the victor. As more and more votes were counted, Biden jumped ahead, and on November 7th, the AP called Biden the winner. However, it wasn’t until December 14, 2020, that the Electoral College certified Biden’s win. The six weeks between Election Day and December 14 were filled with fraudulent claims by the Trump Campaign of widespread vote tampering and fraud. Trump continued to argue that he was the actual winner. The Trump Campaign lost nearly all of its legal attempts to overturn the results of the election. There simply was no evidence to support the claims they were making. Will Trump pardon himself? We shall see…
This piece was completed on January 4, 2021, two days before the date in which Congress was scheduled to meet to certify the Electoral Votes.
Unless otherwise noted, photographs are royalty-free or part of the public domain. The following photographs used in the collage were obtained through Creative Commons and were modified for artistic purposes. Reasonable attempts were made to attribute credit. Errors or omissions will be corrected if found.
Credits:
Image of Donald Trump cut from "No question about it - the world is warming to Donald Trump" by Ninian Reid is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Image of Joe Biden cut from "Joe Biden at McKinley Elementary School" by Phil Roeder is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Image of Rudy Giuliani cut from an undocumented image downloaded from Twitter.
Artwork © Erika Brask, 2021. All rights reserved. No part of this artwork may be reproduced or used in any form, or through any means — graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, downloading, information storage and retrieval systems — without written permission from the artist.