[autumnraine]

Hey, one isn't even a painting! It's words and called a "text painting".

[dianed]

That “text painting” should say...

ALL TRACES OF MY PRIOR LIFE HAD BEEN WIPED FROM EXISTENCE.

[robomatik]

all work and no play makes
jack a dull boy all work
and no play makes jack a dull
boy all work and no play
makes jack a dull boy all
work and no play makes jack a
dull boy all work and no
play makes jack a dull boy all
work and no play makes jack
a dull boy all work and no play

hey! look! i'm a textual arteest too!

[rfp1234]

"All traces of the Griffin I had been..."

[NorwegianViking]

According to http://flavorwire.com/42206/obamas-select-art-for-white-house-media-analysis-ensues:

"One of the edgier pieces on loan to the Obamas is a 1992 work by Glenn Ligon, Black Like Me #2, a text-based painting greatly informed by the artist’s experience as an African-American gay man living in the United States."

"...artist’s experience as an African-American gay man living in the United States."