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Saint Hoax Baricka O' Bisha
Saint Hoax Baricka O' Bisha
Saint Hoax Baricka O' Bisha

Baricka O' Bisha (1961) Digital Print

Saint Hoax was connected to ArtSetters by our Beirut Ambassador, Tarek Bekdache

  • Part of the artist's "War Drags You Out" series
  • Featuring: Barack Obama
  • Comes unframed
  • Printed on 300g semi-glossy paper

Sizing:

  • 30cm x 26cm / 11.8" x 10.2"
  • 60cm x 52cm / 23.6" x 20.5"
  • 100cm x 87cm / 39.4" x 34.3"

After attending a drag show for the first time, Saint Hoax was struck by the richness of this glamour oriented culture. He took a minute to actually look at the faux-queens and deconstruct their main components.

The recipe for an iconic queen:

  1. Flamboyant name
  2. Fierce persona
  3. Defining outfits
  4. Personalized hairdo 
  5. A trademark feature
  6. One hell of a PR team

Saint Hoax then realized that it takes that same exact effort to make a leader. A rush of images containing Hitler's mustache, Bin laden's headgear, Obama's campaigns, Saddam's narcissism crossed through Saint Hoax's mind. It got him thinking that behind every "great" man, there's a queen. Like drag queens, political/religious leaders are expected to entertain, perform and occasionally lip-sync a public speech. But unlike drag queens, the fame hungry leaders don't know when to take their costumes off.