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Posted on 02/13/2018 8:35:39 AM PST by mandaladon
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery unveiled its commissioned portraits of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Monday. Barack Obama image, painted by artist Kehinde Wiley, shows him seated in front of an ivy backdrop, while Michelle Obama was painted by Amy Sherald in a pale blue setting. Wiley and Sherald were the first black artists commissioned to paint a presidential couple for the Smithsonian.
“Kehinde was working at a disadvantage,” the 44th U.S. president joked at the ceremony. “His subject was less becoming. Not as fly.”
“I tried to negotiate less gray hair, but Kehinde’s artistic integrity would not allow it,” he added. “I tried to negotiate smaller ears — struck out on that again as well.”
Obama said Wiley initially wanted to portray him with “scepters” and “chifforobes” — possibly even mount him on a horse.
“I had to explain that I’ve got enough political problems without you making me look like Napoleon,” he said. “We’ve got to bring it down just a touch.”
Michelle Obama had nothing but praise for Sherald’s process.
“I was blown away by the boldness of Amy’s colors,” she said. “In the first few seconds of our conversation, I knew she was the one for me.”
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Why does President Obama have six fingers on his left hand?
You are a day and six threads late.
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>> “Why does President Obama have six fingers on his left hand?” <<
Somebody trying to communicate something...
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Would someone please tell me, since they called them OFFICIAL portraits of Obamas’, does it mean they are to be hung in White House ? That’s all I’m concerned
This is the most disgusting pieces of trash ever!!! It needs to be hung in a whore house where these two garbage crawlers reside!!!
I think even most DemocRats will admit that both of these paintings are awful. Barack’s right hand looks like it has an extra finger...
Port au Prince street art one for five or two for nine!
Michelle Obama was painted by Amy Sherald..who has placed a head on top of a pyramid of a quilt...(Amy is noted for painting decapitated heads)
Only thing missing is the crushed velvet.
I wonder what the commission was?
I’d ask for a Mulligan....
He will need to extra finger to scratch the poison ivy rash.
Somebody trying to communicate something...
Wierd, also the mooche’s right hand. Eeeeeeee!
Somebody should have given Mooch’s “artist” a photo of the Mooch. I don’t see much resemblance.
Actually, it shows him sitting IN the ivy...and on the ivy. In fact, the ivy exists in several dimensions. This is a symbolic portrayal of what art looks like through the eyes of a member of the Chum Chum gang. Go get high and look at it again. AMAZING BRILLIANCE in that artist, I tell ya.
The occupants of a whore house honestly provide the agreed upon service at the agreed upon price. They're honest businesswomen.
The 0bamas have nothing in common with them.
A chifforobe is a piece of furniture. Would they have been sitting on it, or stuffed in to it?
Apparantly the painter also likes to add sperm figures into his portraits.
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