Rob Pruitt at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise

Energized by the inauguration of President Obama in 2008, New York artist-provocateur Rob Pruitt started painting a picture of the president daily, sourcing his images from the news. All paintings completed up to the start of the show are included at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, where this unusual monument to the nation’s leader and to Pruitt’s endurance will be on view through the end of the week. (On the Lower East Side through Dec 18th).

Rob Pruitt, installation view of ‘The Obama Paintings,’ at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise on the Lower East Side, November 2016.
Rob Pruitt, installation view of ‘The Obama Paintings,’ at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise on the Lower East Side, November 2016.