Grassroots Artists Capture Bernie Sanders

Grassroots Artists Capture Bernie Sanders
By MATT WUERKER and BRIANNA GURCIULLO, Politico

(June 2, 2016 20:30 ET) — The 2008 campaign, with its iconic Shepard Fairey red-white-and-blue posters of Obama, created a new role for progressive grassroots art in the modern political campaign. In 2016, it might be the Sanders campaign that has attracted the most such artists, with lots of talented designers vying to come up with this year’s Faireyesque Bernie icon—even Fairey himself. While some of these DIY artistic efforts have made their way onto the merchandise section of Bernie’s official website, most are being sold outside of the official campaign—on Etsy, for instance, or off of card tables outside of rallies.

Here’s a sample of the best art that has been inspired by Bernie’s unlikely and dogged quest for the presidency.

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