Ohio State's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum presents the exhibit Drawn to Presidents: Portraits and Satiric Drawings by Drew Friedman, running now through February 9, 2020.
Pennsylvania-based illustrator Drew Friedman has employed his intensely realistic, warts-and-all style of caricature to satirize celebrity and authority for four decades. In his latest book from Fantagraphics Books, All the Presidents, Friedman points his pen at the exclusive club of the United States presidents.
This exhibit features the original artwork created for All the Presidents, as well as presidential-themed original art created for, among others, SPY, MAD, TIME, Newsweek, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Observer, and TOPPS “Wacky Packs.”
A free opening reception for the exhibit will be held at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on Saturday, November 16, 2019 from 4:30 to 7:30 PM.
This reception will begin at 4:30 PM with a tour of the exhibition led by Drew Friedman, followed by a discussion between Friedman and fellow illustrator C.F. Payne. Friedman and Payne will discuss, in a visual conversation, Friedman’s book All The Presidents, as well as their artistic influences and their work creating politically-themed artwork over the years. A reception and book signing will follow, with books available for purchase on site.
For more information, visit cartoons.osu.edu.