The artist who brought you LOVE now brings you HOPE: proceeds go to Obama campaign

[Bluebear]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine artist who brought LOVE to the world is doing the same with HOPE.

Robert Indiana decades ago created the pop icon LOVE, known worldwide with its letters stacked two to a line, the letter "o" tilted on its side. Now he has created a similar image with HOPE, with proceeds going to Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

A stainless steel sculpture of the image was unveiled this week outside the Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The campaign is selling T-shirts, pins, bumper stickers and other items adorned with HOPE.

Indiana would like to see his latest work become a symbol of newfound hope for Americans, and thinks an Obama presidency could bring just that.

"There might be a chance we survive eight years of Bush, I don't know. That's where the hope comes in," he said in a phone interview from his home on Vinalhaven, an island off the Maine coast.

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[ColbertWatcher]

1. I saw that for a second on the TV yesterday, and ...

... thought it looked familiar.

I had forgotten the original was LOVE.

Thank you for posting.

[Duer 157099]

2. Frikken fuckin awesome!!

Thanks for posting. Thanks Mr. Indiana!