I like this Portrait

[CrusaderFrank]

Who's the artist?

 

[TNHarley]

Obama sitting in a jungle surrounded by Kenyan flowers. Whoda thunkit?

 

[TheOldSchool]

Who's the artist?

Kehinde Wiley

 

[rightwinger]

I am no art expert

But I think it sucks

 

[BlackSand]

I am no art expert

But I think it sucks

Perhaps our tastes in art are a just a little too old school ...

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[rightwinger]

I am no art expert

But I think it sucks

Perhaps our tastes in art are a just a little too old school ...

.

I am more of a Norman Rockwell type

 

[BlackSand]

I am more of a Norman Rockwell type

Norman Rockwell certainly had a way of capturing the essence of a subject with a brush.
All-in-all ... I think the President's portion of the portrait is fairly good ... I don't know what happened with the rest of the painting though ...

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[EvilCat Breath]

It looks like a reference to his drug use.

 

[OldLady]

Obama sitting in a jungle surrounded by Kenyan flowers. Whoda thunkit?

Chicago and Hawaii flowers, as well. All part of his history.
I like Michelle's a lot--the dress is very cool.

 

[TNHarley]

Obama sitting in a jungle surrounded by Kenyan flowers. Whoda thunkit?

Chicago and Hawaii flowers, as well. All part of his history.
I like Michelle's a lot--the dress is very cool.

indeed. He sure knows how to pull off a dress

 

[OldLady]

"He" who? The artist was Amy Sherald.

 

[TNHarley]

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"He" who? The artist was Amy Sherald.

michelle
Although im sure barrack could pull it off too

 

[DrLove]

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"He" who? The artist was Amy Sherald.

It was nice to hear from & see Michelle & Barack earlier. They were quite the reminder of just how far we’ve fallen.

 

[rightwinger]

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"He" who? The artist was Amy Sherald.

Doesn't really look like Michelle, I wouldn't know it was her if she wasn't standing next to it

 

[Tilly]

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"He" who? The artist was Amy Sherald.

Unfortunately it looks even less like her when she’s standing beside it.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

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"He" who? The artist was Amy Sherald.

Doesn't really look like Michelle

Portraits are impossibly difficult

 

[ValerieYanez]

Who's the artist?

Donald Trump

 

[OldLady]

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"He" who? The artist was Amy Sherald.

Doesn't really look like Michelle, I wouldn't know it was her if she wasn't standing next to it

It looks like one of her girls, doesn't it? Very young. Barack's isn't terribly flattering, but portraits, I hear, are not supposed to be exact renditions of the sitter. If that's what they wanted, they'd just take a photo.

 

[DrLove]

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"He" who? The artist was Amy Sherald.

Doesn't really look like Michelle, I wouldn't know it was her if she wasn't standing next to it

Sam Stein said the same thing on Morning Joe today. It's a nice piece, but Michelle Obama?

Not so much

 

[Correll]

Obama sitting in a jungle surrounded by Kenyan flowers. Whoda thunkit?

Chicago and Hawaii flowers, as well. All part of his history.
I like Michelle's a lot--the dress is very cool.

Knowing the reason makes it slightly less stupid, but it is still a crap portrait.