Opinion

In the Orbit of Planet Hillary

There are so many things to say about the New York Times Magazine cover for this coming weekend, which features Hillary Clinton's face stretched and wrinkled and turned into a planet.

Jillian Steinhauer

January 23, 2014 — 1 min read

There are so many things to say about the New York Times Magazine cover for this coming weekend, which features Hillary Clinton’s face stretched and wrinkled and turned into a planet. It is terrifying. It is a “Dadaist masterpiece.” It is “no joke.” It is a veritable wellspring of critical interpretation. As with any great work of art, more questions are raised than answered here.

Is it a riff on Little Face Mitt?

Or the Me Gusta meme?

Or did multimedia artist Tony Oursler make it?

Tony Oursler, TK — (via tonyoursler.com)

To wit:

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