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Analysis / Interpretation / Press

In one especially biting piece, No title (The War, now...) (2008), the artist exercises his satirical hand to suggest that George W. Bush’s fragile ego, and his desire to live up to his family’s legacy and “impress the press,” inspired his decision to be a “war president.” The sarcastic text joins a cartoonish image of Bush flanked by American flags and giving the Nazi salute. The piece reveals an integral and stomach-turning theme of Pettibon’s work—that of histories of violence and corruption repeating themselves.

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