Just in time for the president’s visit to Beijing next week, Chinese artist Liu Bolin — known primarily for his crazy camouflage work — has debuted a bronze effigy entitled Burning Man Obama, which he hopes to sell for $15,000. The sculpture was inspired by this Time Magazine cover and Obama’s victory last November.
While a flaming Obama head might mean something else to most of us, Bolin insists that his work is intended as tribute: “I think it represents more his popularity… I think my piece represents more the fact that Obama’s on fire.” That said, we can only imagine what would happen if something like this fell into the wrong hands.
We’ll be watching you closely, Fox News.