Political Art / Kim Jong-Un - Robbed of the Time Magazine Person of the Year

Nadia Khuzina, MFA

In case you weren't aware, the internet voted Kim Jong-Un Time Person of the Year. However, the vote was not binding, and the editors went with what they thought would sell the most magazines.

Although selecting Obama is a logical choice, Time Magazine blundered when they selected a dark funeral like depiction of President Obama. Maybe it was because of the events of Newtown days before, but it is still a poor choice. In a few years nobody will forget Newtown of course, but they won't remember why such a dark and depressing cover was chosen for a man with a triumphant and positive year in politics.

Obama gracefully defeated the former Person of the Year 1912 (Mitt Romney), and has performed well at home by championing various social issues. Sure, Obama should be shook up by his administration's foreign relations ineptitude. Incompetence which is far more shameful than the tip of the iceberg Benghazi exposed, but there is still no reason for Time Magazine to portray such a dark summary of 2012. Times are good for Obama, and the election was an affirmation that the crazies who put invisible people of fairy tales over living people will not be allowed a future voice in American politics.

Work Details:

I did this work on my iPad in about 6 hours, then spent exactly the amount of time the Time Magazine editors spent making their shitty looking cover, which is 1 minute. Forgive me if I could have done a better job with text, but like Time, I simply do not care.

I think the emotions portrayed by the sexiest man alive tell the story of his devastation. Poor Kim Jong-Un, he gets no respect.