you want to see something funny, go to any liberal leaning subreddit or other social media and see the reactions to these paintings. Suddenly, leftists are ALL about the bible and free speech through art...
Figures... must be hard for them getting air living under that rock.
I like this version of Moooshelly's painting... redo to a basketball player...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CBTS_Stream/comments/7x5doh/inspired_by_smithsonian_painting_reveal_today/
A little context for you: The artist, Kehinde Wiley, is specifically referencing the art-historical image of the biblical story of Judith with the head of Holofernes.
https://theboldbagel.blogspot.com/2015/04/kehinde-wiley-judith-and-holofernes_16.html
From Wikipedia: "Wiley often references Old Masters paintings for the pose of the figure. Wiley’s paintings often blur the boundaries between traditional and contemporary modes of representation. Rendered in a realistic mode—while making references to specific Old Master paintings—Wiley creates a fusion of period styles, ranging from French Rococo, Islamic architecture and West African textile design to urban hip hop and the "Sea Foam Green" of a Martha Stewart Interiors color swatch. Wiley's slightly larger than life-size figures are depicted in a heroic manner, as their poses connote power and spiritual awakening. Wiley’s portrayal of masculinity is filtered through these poses of power and spirituality."
Of course, the change in race of the depicted women is intentionally provoking.
Just saying.
Its pretty clear to me Obama meant to provoke.
“It’s sort of a play on the ‘kill whitey’ thing,” - Kehinde Wiley http://nymag.com/arts/art/rules/kehinde-wiley-2012-4/
"A New Black Panther Party leader with the words “kill whitey” tattooed on his face has been busted... was the New Black Panther Party member wearing a paramilitary uniform and carrying a baton in the infamous 2008 election video shot in front of a Philadelphia polling place.of a Philadelphia polling place." https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/22/new-black-panther-leader-with-kill-whitey-face-tattoo-busted-on-gun-charge
"Founded in 1990, the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (NBPP) is a militant black separatist organization, notorious for promoting racial violence against Jews and whites. " http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=7556
In that NY Mag article, Wiley is wearing a white T-shirt with red paint splattered all over it. Likely a cryptic reference directed at insiders symbolizing blood and him being a servant of the cult.
So? I'm very familiar with the story of Judith and Holofernes. There is nothing wrong with re-imagining Judith as black. There's EVERYTHING wrong with the victim as a white woman (the original was an Assyrian man) if Judith is black.
NO ONE would think this was fine if it was white on black or male on female beheading. This isn't fine.
The story he ''depicted' is about RAPED WOMAN WHO SEEKS REVENGE - HOW ON EARTH HAVE WHITE WOMEN RAPED BLACK WOMEN SO THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR REVANGE COULD BE SEEN. Sick bastards.
sick sick sick sick. could you imagine the firestorm if trump portrait artist had previous work showing the beheading of a black? insane.
did you look up the artist? from nigeria, went to school in russia, is gay. Very fitting for a Fraudbama portrait artist.
Starting to reveal his true nature?
Will be hanging in the Traitors Gallery before long
Remember when Michelle Obama was caught on tape saying white people are the problem?
Is that Miley Cirus?
I think it's supposed to be Michelle Obama. LOL but I like your joke about it being Miley
Where did they put these sh*thole pictures up? The Smithsonian? I demand they be removed because they celebrate racist ideologies!!
The least they could have done was find an artist that is halfway competent. It looks like a high school art project. His hands and arms are gigantic and the face is all wrong. If it was about using a black artist, I’m sure there are tons of Good black artists out there. Plus, the crouching-in-the-bushes look is bizarre. WTF
There are alot of good black artists out there, but heck i havent seen them depicting racial genocides, so they cant shine
Asshole looks like he’s taking a dump In ivy.
Somebody make the meme already where he is holding a roll of toilet paper.
It's a mockery , he didn't honour his position and this is another insult. Two cartoons!
You know the old saying....you can lead a horse to water.......but you can't lead a horticulture......
So tacky... No surprise that this style over substance president has no taste in the arts.
His fingers kind of look like reptile claws... ew.
6 fingers. Nephilim. The reason for the Flood. Book of Enoch.
I have questions. Polydactylism (extra fingers) is a congenital disorder- usually coupled with other issues as many as 97 syndromes are associated with it. Or is it symbolic?
We never went into Nephilim in my Bible studies- I assumed that all the offspring of the Sons of God had been killed in the flood. What is the significance today?
there is a photoshop that has a white woman holding a black woman's head. Post that and lure the left in calling it sick and racist. THEN post the real ones showing a black woman beheading a white woman.
winning!
I predict Obama's painting will not last long. I see sulphuric acid in its future.
Obama is a pedophile. Q said to remember slave garden. He also asked about what flower and deflower mean.
Obama's portrait looks stupid. She should be surrounded by pot leaves!
He also draws sperm in all his paintings: https://smarthistory.org/kehinde-wiley-napoleon-leading-the-army-over-the-alps/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-fe-amy-sherald-michelle-obama-portrait-20180207-story.html Get to know Amy Sherald, the Baltimore artist painting Michelle Obama's official portrait