American Gothic Parodies

I found Dr. Sexon's comparison of Persephony and Aidoneus' scene in the chariot (pg. 15) to the famous painting "American Gothic" interesting. It is not one that I would have made if he had not pointed it out. Another interesting thing is the number of people who have incorporated the image presented in "American Gothic" into other pictures with different themes. After seing Katie Potter's blog and the parodies that she put on it I thought I might add a few more to the list.

The Original Image

The Modernised Version

Watercolor Horse Version (Also Modernised)

Soldier Version (Censored)

George and Barbra Bush

Obama and Clinton

As is blatently obvious by the images above, many of the parodies of the "American Gothic" are very political. They are used to criticise our society and government. It is interesting how the message displayed in the original painting has been twisted to represtent something so different.