That's 'Watusi' on the left.
Looks like a fraud to me.
No wonder the Obamas liked it.
Posted on 11/05/2009 10:34:40 AM PST by 444Flyer
A painting by the artist Alma W. Thomas, which had been selected to go on Michelle Obama's wall in her East Wing office, will no longer be mounted.
"The reason why it was moved was because it didn't fit the space right," Semonti Stephens, the first lady's deputy press secretary, said of "Watusi (Hard Edge)," which had been borrowed from the Hirshhorn Museum.
Stephens noted that the Obamas still "have a piece of [Thomas's] work in the residence. So they appreciate the artist's work." A Thomas artwork titled "Sky Light," also on loan from the Hirshhorn, hangs in the family's private quarters.
Some conservative Web sites, including http://Freerepublic.com, have accused Thomas of plagiarizing the work "The Snail" by the French artist Henri Matisse. The White House denied that it was removing Thomas's piece because of those accusations.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Woo Hoo FR!
They can’t even get the pictures on the wall right without our expert guidance!
That's 'Watusi' on the left.
Looks like a fraud to me.
No wonder the Obamas liked it.
“The reason why it was moved was because it didn’t fit the space right,”
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LMAO!!!!!!!! Yeah, riiiiiiiight.
WOW!
Ummmm...sure. Then why was this "homage" business never mentioned before? What a crock.
Maybe so but both of the puzzles ain't put together right.......
WaPo included a hot link to FR. Can’t say I ever remember a member of the MSM doing that.
Fraud Ping!
BUMP
They both took it from a 5 year old kid painting at day care.
Looks like a palette swap which is a cheap trick video game programmers used to do get more millage out of their sprites....
Next they will hire Ward Churchil to write “original” speeches and analysis....
Matisse’s eyesight was going as he grew older. He nearly gave up painting and art. I imagine he was experimenting with the possibilities of his emerging limitations.
Many works of art stand alone. Many others emerge as you learn the backstory.
I can’t recall which of Beethoven’s pieces were written as his hearing started to fail him, but I do know he composed them by feeling the notes with a wooden stick against his head to catch the vibration.
Thanks for the ping. Much discussion here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378715/posts
What an incredible piece of artwork. To me, it illustrates humanity’s struggle with oppression under the jack boot of the corporate state and the military industrial complex that enslaves us all. I also see a bunny rabbit getting humped by a mule.
FMCDH(BITS)
From the Jason Blair School of Art and Design
Just another “false positive” incident.
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