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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? [
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For the portrait, the former first lady was painted in grayscale a charcoal color with taupe undertones. Shes 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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Actual quote from the artist:
She continues: I stage specific scenes of social ascent, and racial descent that chart the psychology and performance of identity with a particular attention to notions of social exclusion and assimilation. All of these things configure a practiced position or role played within a specific space or context.
In other words, she's a bullzhit artist...
To: caww
Looks like Obama is trapped in an MC Escher universe.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:12:24 AM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
To: Maverick68
Gobbly goop language for just hiding the fact they're terrible artists.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:12:25 AM PST
by
caww
To: IncPen
Sitting in a office chair surrounded by green leafy plants.
is that suppose to be symbolic.
Cause it looks less symbolic than idiotic.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:12:51 AM PST
by
Leep
(The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
To: P-Marlowe
I don't get it..no Matter the depiction it's bad art work..
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:13:59 AM PST
by
caww
To: RooRoobird20
“Thats about the only way to camouflage Moochies giagantic wide load booty and her thunder thighs.”
—
I was behind a middle aged woman at DD’s today who was built like that.
She had on a T-shirt and those tight,stretchy pants that they all wear now————it was frightening.
.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:14:32 AM PST
by
Mears
To: Olog-hai
Everything that comes in contact with these people is henke. Remember Obama’s gift to the Queen of England?
To: Olog-hai
Both pictures are terrible. The Obozos should burn them as Winston Churchill’s wife burned a modern portrait of him that he hated.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:14:46 AM PST
by
Cecily
To: rjsimmon
>>>for so spectacularly capturing the grace and beauty and intelligence and charm and hotness of the woman I love,<<<
I saw the picture and it does not look like Reggie Love.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:14:59 AM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: caww
Yep, the kids call it “word salad”.
To: HypatiaTaught
I see shes still wearing that Tablecloth she got from Omar the Tent Maker.
To: caww
Looks like they soiled some cheap wallpaper.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:16:05 AM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
To: caww
no Matter the depiction it’s bad art work.....Racist.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:19:06 AM PST
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: carmen2017
"I see shes still wearing that Tablecloth she got from Omar the Tent Maker." That's required when you're a water buffalo.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:19:55 AM PST
by
blam
To: Sacajaweau
Yeah, if you look at every other one of the portraits, you'll see how they follow a similar form.
Leave it to the Obama's to accentuate their differences.
Which in a way makes sense, because they never really have been part of the American fabric. They are and will remain in history as outliers.
To: Pilgrim's Progress
I saw the picture and it does not look like Reggie Love. LOL. These guys, either:
![](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59095519ebe912338a373936/master/w_727,c_limit/conspiracy-theories.jpg)
![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/10/3/1349273886185/Barack-Obama-and-Sohale-S-010.jpg?w=700&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=e6dc14891825afb1237b7b43191497c6)
He did say, 'woman', so maybe he is playing both sides???
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:21:56 AM PST
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Maverick68
Her lousy writing equals her artistic ability.
BTW - I think that one of b.o. is called “Stay out the bushes”.
To: dead
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:30:51 AM PST
by
mowowie
To: Opinionated Blowhard
No they deserve to be ridiculed.
scroll to right, I made it big on purpose.
![](http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5a81bdd9d03072a2038b46db-2000/gettyimages-917394964.jpg)
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:32:25 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(There will be division, as long as there is money to be divided.)
To: HollyB
They certainly had other fine artists who would have done extraordinary work in capturing their faces..... far far better....
![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bf/25/90/bf25900d65be21c22fdcfa373398da95.jpg)
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:32:29 AM PST
by
caww
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