An art gallery in New York has put on an exhibition centred around Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

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The event at the “Manifest Hope Gallery” boasts a variety of pieces from Mr Obama’s campaign including mixed media, political posters, paintings, sculptures, plastic figures of Mr Obama and even his basketball shoes.

The show’s producer, Yosi Sargent, says the artistic community is electrified by Mr Obama’s candidacy: “Barack Obama is the first presidential candidate to have an official arts policy.

“There are known Republicans in this show who are excited about the Barack Obama campaign.

“They know, and they see the attention that the Barack Obama campaign is putting towards the art community.”

The gallery will be open for one week and afterwards the works will be returned or auctioned.

Proceeds from the event will be used to fund voting efforts in key battleground states in November.

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