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Here are Barack and Michelle Obama's official portraits
Business Insider ^ | 2/12/2018 | Michael Kranz

Posted on 02/12/2018 7:53:05 AM PST by simpson96

The Smithsonian Institute has just revealed an official portrait of former President Barack Obama in Washington, DC.

Just before dramatically unveiling the former president's portrait, which depicts him sitting in a garden amid green ivy, the Institute presented a portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama, and it looks like it definitely left a huge impression on her.

The portrait was greeted with gasps and applause.

"Wow, wow," Obama said in awe once the portrait was unveiled. She gave a short speech afterward.

"Can we just say wow again?" she said. "I have to tell you that as I stand here today with all of you and look at this amazing portrait that will hang with so many iconic figures, I am overwhelmed to say the least."

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To: simpson96

They received the portraits they both deserved. From black artists that are fully woke. Mind numbing and ugly, undignified, and exactly portraying them as the outliers of American culture that they are.


41 posted on 02/12/2018 8:06:19 AM PST by panzerkamphwageneinz
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To: panzerkamphwageneinz

“Outliers”

excellent


42 posted on 02/12/2018 8:06:56 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

‘Green Ivy’ ???

How about POISON IVY???


43 posted on 02/12/2018 8:07:16 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: simpson96
WTH?? Is he living outside the Secret Garden? Hey wait....what symbolism!!

The other looks like she feels this is beneath her. Man. Symbolism again !
44 posted on 02/12/2018 8:07:22 AM PST by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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To: rdl6989
Horrible, just horrible.

And the portraits are really bad, too.

45 posted on 02/12/2018 8:07:30 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: simpson96

Huh?

His looks like a crappy photoshop and hers looks NOTHING like her.

A joke, right?


46 posted on 02/12/2018 8:07:51 AM PST by Spruce
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To: simpson96

I think they would look best if rounded up and turned into the headline exhibit at the Great Blax in Wax Museum.


47 posted on 02/12/2018 8:07:55 AM PST by VietVet876
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To: simpson96

Have these been Photoshopped? Those portraits are almost as bad as the suit that the dude on the left is wearing. They look cartoonish. I’m not a fan of Obama as a president but if these photos are real then he seriously needs to demand his money back. And that suit... omg... someone needs to send that dude back to the 1970’s.


48 posted on 02/12/2018 8:08:48 AM PST by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: simpson96

They seem large. Don’t know if that is usual.


49 posted on 02/12/2018 8:10:33 AM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: Gadsden1st

“I am no art expert so I guess from my perspective I can only say that it appears they have gotten the “art” they deserve”.

Winner!

And definitely not flattering at all. Pure ugliness.


50 posted on 02/12/2018 8:10:51 AM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: simpson96

Moochelle’s portrait reminds me of that woman in Italy that tried to repaint over an icon of Jesus.


51 posted on 02/12/2018 8:11:24 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: abclily

stay out da booshes


52 posted on 02/12/2018 8:12:14 AM PST by aces
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To: simpson96

Those portraits look like high school art projects. It also appears that the artists were so intent on ladling on the symbolism and pleasing their subjects that they lost sight of the purpose of the paintings. In other words, a complete waste of effort.

So they are absolutely perfect for the Obamas.


53 posted on 02/12/2018 8:12:59 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: simpson96

Actually, I approve of both paintings. They are poorly done and lack the professionalism and good taste in the portraits of other presidents and first ladies. They reflect that lack of professionalism and tastelessness (is that a word?) in both barry and michelle. They are the kind of portraits the couple deserve, and it will be obvious next to the portraits of past presidents and first ladies.


54 posted on 02/12/2018 8:13:14 AM PST by sneakers (It's not the democraTIC party! It's the demoCRAT party!)
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To: simpson96

Looks like a second year art student’s work... particularly Michelle’s

I am willing to guess this job wasn’t set to the best qualified, but thenone who checked off the right pc boxes.


55 posted on 02/12/2018 8:13:25 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: aces

Officially Awful. The Obama’s are fringe people and they got fringe art


56 posted on 02/12/2018 8:13:39 AM PST by PSUGOP
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To: simpson96
p171
57 posted on 02/12/2018 8:13:40 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: real saxophonist

Best comment yet!


58 posted on 02/12/2018 8:14:59 AM PST by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: Fhios

Barky’s portrait is horrendous. It belongs in a cheap bathhouse next to the gay dogs playing poker.

Michael’s isn’t nearly as bad but could have been done by a beginning art student.


59 posted on 02/12/2018 8:15:21 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: simpson96

It seems like they made his hands overly large. Is that a comment on Trump’s small hands?


60 posted on 02/12/2018 8:15:28 AM PST by MockTurtle
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