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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They certainly are fine. The one of Barack Obama is the kind of portrait any man would like to have. A lot of artistic talent there.
I thought “man-spreading” was culturally inappropriate. But that is minor to using a so-called artist who made her mark painting black women holding the severed head of white women, indicating the black women triumphed while beheading a white woman. I am not sure how to titrate my outrage.
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