Michelle Obama portrait faces brutal mockery after unveiling

Fox News ^ | February 12, 2018 | Barnini Chakraborty

[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. …

[Maverick68]

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...

[P-Marlowe]

Looks like Obama is trapped in an MC Escher universe.

[caww]

Gobbly goop language for just hiding the fact they're terrible artists.

[Leep]

Sitting in a office chair surrounded by green leafy plants.
is that suppose to be symbolic.
Cause it looks less symbolic than idiotic.

[caww]

I don't get it..no Matter the depiction it's bad art work..

[Mears]

“That’s about the only way to camouflage Moochie’s giagantic wide load booty and her thunder thighs.”

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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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[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Everything that comes in contact with these people is henke. Remember Obama’s gift to the Queen of England?

[Cecily]

Both pictures are terrible. The Obozos should burn them as Winston Churchill’s wife burned a modern portrait of him that he hated.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

>>>“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.

[Maverick68]

Yep, the kids call it “word salad”.

[carmen2017]

I see shes still wearing that Tablecloth she got from Omar the Tent Maker.

[P-Marlowe]

Looks like they soiled some cheap wallpaper.

[Safetgiver]

no Matter the depiction it’s bad art work.....Racist.

[blam]

"I see shes still wearing that Tablecloth she got from Omar the Tent Maker."

That's required when you're a water buffalo.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

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.

[rjsimmon]

I saw the picture and it does not look like Reggie Love.

LOL. These guys, either:

He did say, 'woman', so maybe he is playing both sides???

[21twelve]

Her lousy writing equals her artistic ability.

BTW - I think that one of b.o. is called “Stay out the bushes”.

[mowowie]

ahh....

[itsahoot]

No they deserve to be ridiculed.
scroll to right, I made it big on purpose.

[caww]

They certainly had other fine artists who would have done extraordinary work in capturing their faces..... far far better....