Koren Shadmi’s Tasting Victory (2007) Image courtesy of the artist and the Society of Illustrators, New York.
Artist Koren Shadmi Makes Love, Not War — Well, Maybe a Little War
Happy Iowa Caucus Day! Israeli illustrator Koren Shadmi’s macabre take on Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famed shot of an overeager sailor’s post-WWII celebratory smooch, Tasting Victory, is a not-so-subtle glimpse into the artist’s own feelings on the war. Timely and far more effective than a certain candidate’s carnage-drenched campaign video. Shadmi and 59 others take to the pen for the “Artists Against the War†exhibition at the Society of Illustrators, up through January 26. —Rachel Wolff