Political Canvassing | The Obamas at Deitch Projects

Courtesy of the artist and Deitch Projects Kurt Kauper’s new painting, “Barack and Michelle Obama,” on view at Deitch Projects.

It should be noted that, in their current cameo appearances at the Deitch Projects gallery in SoHo, the president of the United States and the first lady are fully, tastefully clothed. It'd be easy to suspect otherwise of Kurt Kauper's “Barack and Michelle Obama” (on view through Oct. 31), given that his last show at Deitch, 2007's