Posted on 02/13/2018 3:12:03 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Sean Hannity and other right-wing conservatives are calling out President Barack Obamas presidential portrait, accusing the painting of having hidden perversion.
In a blog post published on Tuesday and subsequently deleted, the Fox News anchors staff reports that industry insiders believe Kehinde Wiley secretly placed concealed images of sperm throughout his painting.
Controversy surrounding Kehinde Wileys wildly non-traditional portrait of the Commander-in-Chief broke out within minutes of its unveiling; with industry insiders claiming the artist secretly inserted his trademark technique -concealing images of sperm within his paintings, the post reads.
Hannitys blog post also brings up comments Wiley made in 2012 about a provocative art piece he painted of a Black woman beheading a white woman. Its sort of a play on the kill whitey thing, he told New York Magazine.
OBAMA PORTRAITS TARGET OF RACISM
The attacks on Obamas portrait have been ongoing since going public. While most of America was captivated by former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obamas recently unveiled presidential portraits at the National Gallery, some right-wing and racist online users have used it as an opportunity to spread hate.
You dont have to search far before coming across racist and misogynistic attacks aimed at the Obamas on Twitter, with some comparing the political couple to monkey (no surprise there), among other racist undertones.
In one photoshopped version of Barack Obamas portrait, a user claims to have fixed it by portraying the former president behind bars. Another manipulated Michelle Obamas face in not so flattering ways. Others are so grotesque its almost disbelieving.
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They are... because he is.
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dood
ya’ beat me to it.
If the artist has a history of working pictures of sperm into his paintings then that's the issue, not who says it.
But consider some of the comments. For people on the other side, they become the story.
And there's sense in that. If -- when -- people on the other side make similar comments about Trump, doesn't that become the story for us?
It seems that if you look at old photos of Michelle, she’s been trying to ‘white’ herself for a long time...
(I guess we’re all hypocrites, to some extent ;-)
“They are awful paintings.”
Perfectly matching their subject.
Accuracy! Darn right! Reggie isn’t gonna like it one bit when he thinks about any of their other bath house pals seeing he missed Barry’s big yap by THAT much!!!
“Theyre awful paintings, but theres nothing sexual about them.”
Dude, look up thread. There’s sperm on hussein’s forehead...jeesh
Best description I read (here on FR) was “Caribbean street art.”
Nailed it.
the Obama portrait - my first impression was that it looked like he was a creepy leprechaun.
Next thought was that this was the latest box design for Lucky Charms cereal.
Note to General Mills - do not do this to America’s children!!
Is that real?
If an artist attempts something new and great and falls short it can be hard to recover emotionally.
And agents and gallerists sometimes discourage artists from taking risks.
Also, a painting that's too good -- that's too excellent technically -- will get slammed by critics as kitsch.
So artists combine very fine realistic elements with less technically competent or less realistic elements.
Thanks for the Picasso quote. I always thought he was a fraud.
http://i.magaimg.net/img/2mqn.jpg
That dude is one freak isn't he
Chris Farrell on fire on FBN. This guy knows his sh!t.
Who the heck is GRIO......looks like a blogger ......How about another source for this article?
That may be true of the current ‘market’; but when you’ve been commissioned to paint a President’s Portrait?
Jeez. Step up to the plate, man; this may be the only painting you’ve made that will hang on a gallery wall - or at least be prominently archived - for hundreds of years!
(Someone just posted all of the presidents portraits, with this weird one at the end. The artist has diminished Obama in history - if it’s possible to do that further than the man himself has done.)
That’s completely appropriate.. right on the money. His eternal Presidential portrait incorporated sperm on his face lol. That’s perfect if you ask me.
It’s an Ad for “Squatty Potty.”
Well, at least he was an ultimately honest fraud. Some have argued with me that he was a depressive personality, and wrote/said that in one of his ‘down times’. Or maybe he was in his cups - to which I would say ‘In Vino Veritas’.
His early work showed great promise and ingenuity.
Dude it’s perfect. It shows what a freak he is. It laughable and that’s what you want for a fraud like that.
Forget the paintings and talk about important stuff.
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