Saddam Hussein's Incredibly Tacky Taste In Art (NOT An Onion Satire)

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | April 12, 2003

[PJ-Comix]

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Eric Hooper looks upon a fantasy painting in a house in an upscale neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, April 12, 2003.

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[Vinnie]

Reminds me of the mural at the baggage claim area at Denver International Airport.

Actually, the one at DIA is far worse.

[Sally II]

But for real depravity, one must look to the NEA.

Lol. That was my thought exactly. The standard for art these days is incredibly low. It's all about concepts. People just don't put real love into art these days.

[graycamel]

Trailers? I guess you're right.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

I've seen a lot of that sort of painting at Science Fiction Conventions. It sells.

[KneelBeforeZod]

damn my boy Saddam is a playa!! check out dis shiznitty bling bling

[Ole Okie]

If it ain't a Velvet Elvis then it ain't art.

A bullfighter on black velvet qualifies, too.

[Ole Okie]

Along with pink flamingos.

[Blue Collar Christian]

What's wrong with the dogs playing cards? Is that bad taste in art? Looks good on the wall of my trailer, opposite my velvet Elvis.

[LizardQueen]

And those poker-playing dogs.

LQ

[BunnySlippers]

It's funny. Both the man and the woman in the painting have long blonde hair. I didn't see too many blondes when the statue came down.

[Ben Hecks]

"I'm just waiting for someone to find a painting from one of the palaces with dogs playing cards."

The dogs lined up waiting for the tree was my favorite ;>)

[demnomo]

Hey, I loved Frank Frazetta! These pictures are a poor imitation.

Ah, me. I still remember back in the summer of '67, stealing my Dad's dog-eared Lancer paperback of Conan the Conquerer by Robert E. Howard, thinking that maybe it was a racy story because of the Frazetta artwork. That book cover featured an exotic, scantily-clad babe reclining amidst spiders and snakes at the feet of one incredibly brawny dude whose knarled hands gripped an enormous axe. Great stuff!

Saddam probably thought that he was like Conan. Little did he know that a cowboy from Texas (where Conan author Howard was from) named George would be the one to exclaim that classic line from the Conan movie version which escapes me right now. (Something about defeating ones enemies and hearing the lamentation of their women...)

[niteowl77]

The Sistine Chapel ceiling it ain't. You'd think that the Butcher of Baghdad would have enough pocket change to commission someone with better technique, but maybe some poor Iraqi sign painter didn't have a choice. Since a subject couldn't urinate anywhere in Iraq without splashing a portrait of the guy, I'm almost surprised Saddam didn't have his own features superimposed on the figures.

If the coalition had just waited a little longer, Hussein could have redecorated with items from Andre Breton's collection.

[PJ-Comix]

I'm partial to Big Daddy Roth myself.

[scouse]

A bullfighter on black velvet qualifies, too.

If you have one of those then it is a fake. The one I have is the original. The guy who sold it to me swore that Picasso only painted one.

[Uncle Meat]

Sorry,but who the hell is Big Daddy Roth.

[omniscient]

Even the looters couldn't be bothered to pick up this crap!

[ChadGore]

It look like something you win if you pop a balloon with a dart at the fair.

[Cultural Jihad]

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Well I wonder if the French have heard about this. I mean such really bad taste in art. Those Frenchy elites must be so proud of supporting such crap.