The President’s Body
How power takes shape
Before a leader speaks, his body has already spoken. The news is no longer new. We are attached to a drip-feed that keeps administering the same images: Putin, Netanyahu, Orbán, the inescapable Trump. The same images, the same men, the same appearances. But what exactly are we seeing when we look at them?
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Marlene Dumas, The Devil May Care, 2024, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm | courtesy of the artist, foto: Peter Cox
This is an article from See All This #42, summer 2026. Order the edition here.
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The President’s Body: How power takes shape
