Seeds of change, seeds of discontent...Featured at the Minnesota State Fair's crop art exhibit: President Obama's birth certificate, made of seeds, which surely wins the award for Best Obama Food Art, post-election season. Artist Mark Dahlager, who with his family has made tons of other works of seed art--many with timely political commentary-- told the Minnesota Independent that he created this particular foodie homage because he was "increasingly irritated by the birther nut jobs...It’s just an expression of my wonderment at a depth of ignorance that is unfathomable."
Move On #&%?! Birthers! is made of thousands of seeds, most native to Minnesota. In the big photo, above: Dahlager's work on display at the fair, with a card at the bottom lists the kind of seeds used. A detail of the critical commentary:
President Obama has
been memorialized in seeds before. At left, Seeds of Hope is an awesome Obama seed portrait created by Colorado artist Manick Sorcar, during the Inauguration. Seeds of Hope is made with lentils, fennel seeds, cumin, barley, and orange peel.*Photos of Move On #&%?! Birthers! by Mark Dahlager
Dahlager's piece merited a mention on the Rachel Maddow Show last night, but was sent in to Ob Fo last week by Ken Green of the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Check out Ken's site for all kinds of fantastic info on seed saving and other heritage gardening techniques...as well as to buy seeds! He tweets, too: @seedlibrary.
