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Barack and Michelle Obama's portraits unveiled (Trunc.)
Entertainment News ^ | Feb. 12, 2018 | Chancellor Agard

Posted on 02/12/2018 11:11:36 AM PST by libstripper

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

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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at ew.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; amysherald; cnn; fakenews; kehindewiley; michelleportrait; natlportraitgallery; obamaportrait; obamas; portraits
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To: bagster
Joe Pesci’s mom painted it.

As they dined at her table, following an impromptu burial.

41 posted on 02/12/2018 11:34:53 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: All

Portait of Mooch by Wayne Pascall. I think THIS would be preferable; captures her, perfectly.


42 posted on 02/12/2018 11:35:19 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: corlorde
Looks nothing like Michelle Obama.

You can thank the painter for that.

43 posted on 02/12/2018 11:35:51 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: libstripper

Good gawd! How awful is the wookie’s! Her friken hand is bigger than her face!?! And she ain’t frowning in the portrait— not natural at all.


44 posted on 02/12/2018 11:36:43 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (SEDITION! Obama DOJ colluded to try overthrow the President!)
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To: Jeff Chandler
You can thank the painter for that.

I'll pass, thanks.

45 posted on 02/12/2018 11:36:58 AM PST by corlorde
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To: rhubarbk

Obama Portrait Artist Likes to Paint African-American Women Holding Heads of Decapitated White Women

https://truepundit.com/obama-portrait-artist-likes-paint-african-american-women-holding-heads-decapitated-white-women/


46 posted on 02/12/2018 11:37:03 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: libstripper

There is a gross tendency in the black community to hail anything done by a black person without any attempt to achieve excellence in that endeavor. A very poor painting showing limited skill is praised while that same painting by a white artist would be lampooned by a white art critic as crap. There is literally no critical evaluation and this trend encourages the bar to be constantly lowered.


47 posted on 02/12/2018 11:37:45 AM PST by Squeako (You can lead a progressive to water, but can you make him drown?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I like that one of her too. More FLOTUS-like.


48 posted on 02/12/2018 11:39:47 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
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To: dead

I knew what you did there. XD Goodfellas


49 posted on 02/12/2018 11:40:11 AM PST by beergarden
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To: rktman

Omuslim looks like somebody just photo shopped a pic of him into a hedge. Its ridiculous. LOL!


50 posted on 02/12/2018 11:40:56 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: bagster; All

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

Finally, I’ve figured out the artistic school Obola’s portrait came from—the same school that created the contrastless colored dot figures that are used to test for color blindness.


51 posted on 02/12/2018 11:41:27 AM PST by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Obama looks like he’s in a booth in Man’s Country, waiting.


52 posted on 02/12/2018 11:42:00 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Please don’t do that to God’s name.


53 posted on 02/12/2018 11:43:06 AM PST by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: Puppage

The painting of the black queen chopping off the head of the evil white woman is probably why Mooch picked that artist.


54 posted on 02/12/2018 11:43:22 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: SERKIT

Omg I swear I didn’t read your post before I posted mine about Barry.


55 posted on 02/12/2018 11:44:01 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: libstripper
The portraits of the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF and his wife can't be "art" to LIbEralS.
There's NO Elephant Dung on them, and they're not in a jar of urine !
56 posted on 02/12/2018 11:44:21 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Funny!


57 posted on 02/12/2018 11:45:04 AM PST by Family Guy (A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. -Williams)
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To: libstripper

Obozzo looks like he is holding in a fart


58 posted on 02/12/2018 11:45:22 AM PST by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

That is a good painting. And Mooch looks attractive in it, yet people 300 years from now will still be able to wonder if it was the artist, or did that First Lady really have an angry chip on her shoulder.


59 posted on 02/12/2018 11:45:23 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I admit the artist did manage to show his queerness and his no-class wife’s fugliness.

Cartoonish works for cartoonish characters, painted by cartoonish ‘artists’ who shared all of the requirements: they are both angry, and black/affirmative action players in the art world and they suck as artists, but they be Black, yo!

They both should be embarrassed by those portraits...


60 posted on 02/12/2018 11:46:00 AM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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