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. 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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These are supposed to be real life portraits not artists conceptions.
Looks like it was painted by Tommy DeSimone’s mother (Goodfellas)
Hmmmm. I see some reference to Baltimore here. Didn’t we have a tete a tete yesterday about Baltimore? ;-)
Hmmmm. I see some reference to Baltimore here. Didn’t we have a tete a tete yesterday about Baltimore? ;-)
I don’t see the problem.
So...did Michael look like a man...or a woman?
I think it looks like her daughter, not her.
Barry’s painting he looks like a fruitcake.
I wonder who that could be???
Looks like they painted 0 while he was sittin on the can
Hmmm.....Obama’s portrait on that background looks like the cheap pictures we got from traveling photographers when my kids were little. Cheap looking.
What an impressive work of art....
Looks like somebody’s 4th grade art project.
It looks like Fido’s butt.
I could come up with a hundred jokes but this is too funny to type..
Looks like the efforts of a high school art class project.
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