6/25-6/26/16 Pasadena Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
Once again I had a great time at Politicon. I exhibited several of my paintings and autographed about 300 posters of my official Politicon posters (above) for VIPs and talent alike. Politicians, entertainers, pundits and artists got together did what they do best like President Vincente Fox, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, James Carvel, Larry Wilmore, Van Jones, Cenk Ugur and many more.
The Museum Of Drug Policy Show took place in April of 2016. Great art, film, poetry and musical performances along with inspirational speeches by Russell Simmons, Melissa Harris Perry and others at this event helped raise awareness of the unfair drug policy responsible for our mass incarceration problem.
What’s Right, What’s Left: Democracy in America: I was happy to lend my painting, “Blood Money” to this meaningful Chelsea exhibit as the opening coincided with President Obama’s executive action on gun control. The opening was successful with select artists from all over the world participating. The exhibit runs January 7 – January 30, 2016 at the Phoenix Gallery Landmark Arts Building, Chelsea 548 West 28th Street, Suite 528.
Here’s a review by Wall Street International.
Earlier in the week in Baltimore, we had had hired a 17 ft “It Stops With Cops” mobile billboard to go around the courthouse in hopes of convincing Officer Porter to testify all he knew. As the news of the Porter mistrial broke out, throngs of protesters held up “It Stops With Cops” posters and banners as they chanted for justice for Freddie Gray.
Michael took his “It Stops With Cops” campaign to Chicago on December 10th to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 14 month delay in getting an indictment and releasing the video of the police murder of Laquan McDonald.
Michael was one of a very select group of artists selected to exhibit at the inaugural Politicon, a Comic-Con type event for politics, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center October 9-10, 2015. This short video shows Michael at the event making new fans out of Daily Show host, Trevor Noah, former presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, several political pundits, television stars and regular folk at the inaugural Politicon event.
On this video, you’ll see Cenk Uygur, former MSNBC host and co-founder of The Young Turks, Touree of MSNBC’s “The Cycle,” Daily Show correspondent, Jordan Klepper, co-host of Newsmax TV’s “The Daily Wrap, Rick Ungar, VEEP’s Mat Walsh and others reacting to D’Antuono’s provocative political paintings. At the convention, Michael met with people in the VIP lounge and signed posters at his booth. Also at Politicon, were Newt Gingrich, Michelle Bachman, Ann Coulter, John Avlon, James Carville, David Axelrod, Paul Begala, Joe Klein, Alex Wagner, Doris Kerns Goodwin, Jose Antonio Vargas, Alex Castellanos, John Fugelsang, and Black Lives Matter. People from Slate, News Max, The Daily Beast, Vice News, The Huffington Post, Newsweek, Salon, Breitbart and ThinkProgress attended.
