Making Protest Art Great Again
Tapping his love of the Polaroid camera, he created a bizarre amalgamation of the famous building through digital enhancements that brought his personal vision into focus: Mar-a-Lago engulfed in flames against an ominous backdrop of shadows and gray.
“Hell Is Round The Corner,’’ as the photograph is called, is Isildak’s take on the tension and pressure he has felt living so close to the megaphone of right-wing fervor dividing the country.
Art is supposed to incite personal interpretations and meanings unique to each viewer. But Isildak, in an interview, felt it important to set the record straight about the meaning of the photo’s fiery imagery.
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