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Made in China. Like Barack Hussein's birth certificate, his portrait is the work of an untalented manipulator who hires other artists to paint his work
2018-02-15
[PowderedWigSociety] The first thing I noticed about Barack Hussein’s official presidential portrait was the fact that our 44th president, seated in a cheap chair, appeared to be suspended in a hedge. What the hell is up with that?

Secondly, I could hardly focus my attention on the subject of the painting due to the annoyingly distracting background with repeating patterns like antebellum wallpaper.

Note the red boxes showing duplicated patterns. There are additional.
"Repeating patterns that look like antebellum wallpaper is a Wiley thing and is a recurring feature in much of his work, or rather the work of artists (to be kind) in China, where much of Kehinde Wiley’s art is produced ("painted" is not exactly the right word).

Note the repeating patterns in the Hussein portrait, like so many layers of a fabricated PDF birth certificate, successfully sold to the American people by Hussein and his trained seals in the mainstream media as the real deal....
Continues.
Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#13  As white as Michelle is gonna get.
A parody?
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-02-15 19:14  

#12  Not the first rendering of a famous black man that was Made in China.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-02-15 13:56  

#11  Maybe the portrait was to have been a kind of "Where's Waldo" thingie?
Posted by: Waldemar Speaking for Boskone2941   2018-02-15 12:11  

#10  I thought it looked like something Warhol would do. Certainly non-traditional. Certainly bizarre. But, hey, that's Baraq.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-02-15 10:46  

#9  Made in China. Like Barack Hussein’s birth certificate, his portrait is the work of an untalented manipulator who hires other artists to paint his work

Ya mean 6-sticky-fingered Soetero wasn't Born in the U.S.A.? It was all a fake?
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-02-15 09:31  

#8  Perhaps the oversized hands are simply a message.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-15 08:50  

#7  Lets not forget the recurrent sperm motif. This is agitation and propaganda. If he stays out of jail I expect Obama to be less coy about Marxism.
Posted by: Grunter   2018-02-15 08:47  

#6  Birth certificate, extended family, passport, books, education, phony baloney Chicago job, senator no-show, presidency, Nobel Peace Prize, Kudzu portrait.... all in the same category.

....pre-koffee morning yawn.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-15 05:27  

#5  B.O. is tasteless and tawdry, over-busy, and utterly unlike any other presidential portrait. The background distracts from what should be the central focus. One of his hands (the right) is anatomically incorrect, and it looks like he sat so long for the portrait that he was being overgrown by the plant life. Yuck.

Madame Obama's portrait is merely bad. It looks more like a sketch. Her dress is better done than her features. Ptui.
Posted by: Fred   2018-02-15 02:52  

#4  I believe it's a good thing - anything to keep reminding you (Americans) about Obama era and increasing your determination that it never should happen again.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-02-15 02:32  

#3  Haven't read the article yet, and, not keeping close tabs on "modern" "art," I've only flipped quickly through a few instances of PlaidMan's "work," but who cares? I gotta throw down my sippy cup right now and scream:

1) I. Knew. It. All of it. Textbook hustle, right?

2) I LOVE this guy. I've been waffling about going visual for years, and THIS cat, of all people, has reached down like Sistine Jehovah to yank me across the line (ow, my finger!). Me and, probably, hundreds of other people. Thanks, Mr. [DDGs] Wiley.
Posted by: Fat Bob Thuck7495   2018-02-15 02:25  

#2  "I feel like I’m looking at a Highlights magazine for children and I’m supposed to hunt down a cat, a pencil, and a thermos"
Posted by: newc   2018-02-15 00:48  

#1  I still say he's taking a crap, which is consistent with / emblematic of his eight years in office's effect on our country.
Posted by: Raj   2018-02-15 00:29  

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