Monte Rushmore

One of the most famous public monuments in the world, Mount Rushmore, in Keystone, in the American state of South Dakota, gained a reinterpretation in the features and style of the Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra.
The original work, a sculpted rocky mound, in order to represent in gigantic dimensions the faces of four presidents of the United States, was the idea of ​​the artist Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941). Mount Rushmore pays tribute to George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).
In the version of Kobra, a 150 square meter mural that can be seen in Chelsea, New York, the portrayed are four gigantic characters from the world of the arts. 'Artists' Memorial' features Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Keith Haring (1958-1990) and Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988).
"To refer to Mount Rushmore is to remember the values ​​of these four American presidents, so deeply linked to the ideals of freedom, democracy, equality and peace", comments Kobra. “By putting in place four artists for whom I have great admiration, I borrow their memories, remembering the works of art that they did and that put the world so much to reflect on.”