Barack and Michelle Obama's portraits unveiled (Trunc.)

Entertainment News ^ | Feb. 12, 2018 | Chancellor Agard

[libstripper]

Full title:

Barack and Michelle Obama's portraits unveiled at Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

Text of excerpt:

Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on Monday morning.

The former president’s portrait was painted by artist Kehinde Wiley, and the former First Lady chose Baltimore artist Amy Sherald for hers. Wiley and Sherald are the first two African-American artists to ever be commissioned to paint presidential portraits for the museum.

[Jeff Chandler]

Where did the original on the come from? I KNOW that painting — one dog facing east, the other facing west. Something tells me that was from a Coen Brothers movie.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Brittany Packnett ✔ @MsPackyetti: "Can we talk about how stunningly powerful it is to see a black man in a garden the way Kehinde Wiley painted Barack 0bama?! It dismantles so much and creates new visions of masculinity that black men rarely have the public permission to explore."

OMFG!

[Don Corleone]

Okay everybody, PRETEND you love these paintings like everyone in that room did. What a JOKE. Disgusting narcissists!

It looks like 'paint by numbers' therapy for someone in a 12 step program .

[Jeff Chandler]

“Ya got one dog lookin one way an’ da udda one lookin’ da udda way...”

That’s it! Goodfellas.

[V K Lee]

In circumspect, he is just another thin leaf, ready to fall.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Heh-heh-heh. :)

[SERKIT]

In looking at both portraits, I thought “man-spreading” is currently a cultural taboo...especially for Michael/Michelle. Perhaps the “wide stance” is code for his days in Chicago at the “Man’s Country” bath house.

[Puppage]

One of Kehinde's other paintings.

[bagster]

Haha. Somebody post the painting of Tony Soprano dressed up like Napolean with the horse.

That would be funny. Especially since I talked about it first.

[Big Red Badger]

Kalindy Wilder...

What Ever!

[rhubarbk]

Plus 1.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

*GASP*

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

A garden? I thought he was in the cotton patch.

[Darteaus94025]

AWESOME!!

[bagster]

Follow up comment:

Those have to be two of the most shittiest paintings I've ever seen. Especially Mooch's.

But at least they were painted by black people, and that's what's important, right?

I've just never seen affirmative action paintings before, I guess. I don't get out much.

[Avalon Memories]

Huh?! What the heck is that Brittany person on about? Total gibberish masquerading as profound commentary.

[heterosupremacist]

http://www.cnn.com/style/article/barack-michelle-obama-official-portraits-unveiled/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlarge

link from cnn article, if you dare...

[bagster]

It was from Goodfellas. Joe Pesci’s mom painted it.

[Avalon Memories]

Charming. /s

[corlorde]

Looks nothing like Michelle Obama.