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Michelle Obama portrait faces brutal mockery after unveiling
Fox News ^
| February 12, 2018
| Barnini Chakraborty
Posted on 02/12/2018 9:56:09 AM PST by Olog-hai
The National Portrait Gallery on Monday unveiled portraits of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama — to a very mixed reception.
Even though Barack Obama praised Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald “for so spectacularly capturing the grace and beauty and intelligence and charm and hotness of the woman I love,” many critics on social media slammed the rendition of the former first lady.
Their main question: Is that really her? […]
For the portrait, the former first lady was painted in “grayscale” — a charcoal color with taupe undertones. She’s seated, with her hair falling around her shoulders, in a bold floor-length dress.
While most agreed the image was striking, Twitter went to war over whether it looked anything like Michelle Obama. The verdict varied widely, from positive responses to confused reactions to concern that the portrait did not live up to the subject. …
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: blackkk; bushportrait; clintonportrait; killwhitey; michelle; michelleportrait; nationalportrait; natlportraitgallery; obama; obamanation; obamaportrait; portrait; selfcongratulation; washingtondc
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posted on
02/12/2018 9:56:09 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
These are supposed to be real life portraits not artists conceptions.
To: Olog-hai
Looks like it was painted by Tommy DeSimone’s mother (Goodfellas)
To: Olog-hai
Hmmmm. I see some reference to Baltimore here. Didn’t we have a tete a tete yesterday about Baltimore? ;-)
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posted on
02/12/2018 9:58:02 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Olog-hai
Hmmmm. I see some reference to Baltimore here. Didn’t we have a tete a tete yesterday about Baltimore? ;-)
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posted on
02/12/2018 9:58:04 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
So...did Michael look like a man...or a woman?
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posted on
02/12/2018 9:58:22 AM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Watch your six.)
To: Olog-hai
I think it looks like her daughter, not her.
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posted on
02/12/2018 9:58:47 AM PST
by
Hoffer Rand
(God be greater than the worries in my life, be stronger than the weakness in my mind, be magnified.)
To: Olog-hai
Barry’s painting he looks like a fruitcake.
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posted on
02/12/2018 9:59:29 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Olog-hai
“for so spectacularly capturing the grace and beauty and intelligence and charm and hotness of the woman I love,” I wonder who that could be???
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posted on
02/12/2018 9:59:45 AM PST
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Sacajaweau
Looks like they painted 0 while he was sittin on the can
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posted on
02/12/2018 10:00:53 AM PST
by
albie
To: Olog-hai
Hmmm.....Obama’s portrait on that background looks like the cheap pictures we got from traveling photographers when my kids were little. Cheap looking.
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/12/2018 10:01:31 AM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Olog-hai
This came to mind, with regard to how accurately the "artist" painted Michelle:
To: Olog-hai
What an impressive work of art....
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posted on
02/12/2018 10:02:16 AM PST
by
mowowie
To: Sacajaweau
Looks like somebody’s 4th grade art project.
To: Osage Orange
It looks like Fido’s butt.
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posted on
02/12/2018 10:03:39 AM PST
by
Verbosus
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To: Olog-hai
I could come up with a hundred jokes but this is too funny to type..
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posted on
02/12/2018 10:04:13 AM PST
by
mowowie
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Looks like the efforts of a high school art class project.
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posted on
02/12/2018 10:06:11 AM PST
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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