VISIONS OF
OUR 44TH PRESIDENT
Matthew Gonzales, Barack Obama Nannette Carter, AmeriKenyanDayo Laoye, Man of the People Tyrone Geter, Fragmentedisions of our 44th President,” was an exhibit in 2012 at Detroit’s Charles H Wright
Museum of African American History, with 44 African-American established and
“V emerging artists. It started with a blank bust of the president, modeled after an orig-
inal by Matthew Gonzales, an artist included in the exhibition. Each of the artists painted their
own interpretations of the significance of the first African American president. 10 of the sculp-
tures are featured.