Ben Heine Art and Music Blog: Pop Star

Michael Jackson

Tribute Exhibition

It happened in Bucharest, Romania and was organized by Nicoleta Ionescu and Alexandru Ifrim. It gathered 54 artworks by 38 creators from 17 countries. My 4 MJ portraits were exhibited.

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Photo of Nicoleta Ionescu by Dragos Jianu
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Portrait by Nicoleta Ionescu
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Photo by Dragos Jianu
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The participants were:
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Fabio Shin (Brazil) ; Klaas Op De Beéck (Belgium),
Gheorhe Matei (Romania) ; Bill Plympton (USA)
Oronde Kairi (USA) ; Ben Towle (USA)
Mike Greaney (USA) ; Joseba Morales (Spain)
Yamen Elgamal (Egypt) ; Kagan McLeod (Canada)
Scott Jones-McMahon (UK) ; Luis Eduardo Leon (Colombia)
Miroslav Gerencer (Croatia) ; Sal Navarro (USA)
Chris Wahl (Australia) ; Michaël Olivier (France)
Aswini&Abani (India) ; Jourdenais Jonathan (Canada)
Tónió (Hungary) ; Bogar Chancay (Ecuador)
Jaime Ramirez (UsA) ; George Williams (UK)
Mark van Olmen (The Netherlands) Francisco Medina (Venezuela)
Ben Heine (Belgium) Alessandro Grandinetti (Italy)
Guaico (Colombia) ; Turcios (Spain)
Gergely Bacsa (Hungary) ; Daihaa Wyrd (Belgium)
Kris Barz (Brazil) ; Radu Raileanu (Romania)
Abdul Salim (India) ; Craig Rogalski (UK)
Fabricio Pontes (Brazil) ; Vincent Altamore (USA)
Nicoleta Ionescu (Romania) Alexandru Ifrim (Romania)
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Illustration on paper

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Poll: Obama More Popular Than Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

John Lennon once claimed the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Now President Obama has evidence that he's more popular than both.

Obama topped a new Harris interactive poll that asked 2,634 Americans who they admire enough to call a hero.

Jesus came in second on a list that includes God, Mahtma Gandhi and George Washington.

Other historic or notable figures making the top 10 were Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, U.S. Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.

Participants named the heroes randomly instead of being shown or read a list of people to choose from. The poll was conducted online between January 12 and 19, 2009.

At the 16th spot in the poll, George Washington, Bill Clinton and Colin Powell tied.

Other politicians who made the poll's top 25 include Hillary Clinton (12), FDR (13), Condoleezza Rice (12) and Sarah Palin (21).

God ranked 11th, between Mother Teresa and Hillary Clinton.

Of the multiple reasons participants gave to explain their choices of heroes, the ones most cited is, "Doing what's right regardless of personal consequences" with 89 percent, "Not giving up until the goal is accomplished" with 83 percent and "Doing more than what other people expect of them," with 82 percent. Also popular were "Overcoming adversity" and "Staying level-headed in a crisis."

In the first Harris Poll asking this question in 2001, Jesus came in first, followed by the Rev. King, Powell, John F. Kennedy and Mother Teresea.

Obama joked last year at a roast that contrary to rumors, he was not born in a manger but on the planet Krypton. Apparently, Obama is even more popular than Superman, who didn't make the cut.

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