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JohnnyRingo

(18,696 posts)
5. If that's art, then I'm Pablo Effin Picasso.
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 01:35 AM
Jan 2013

Last edited Sun Jan 6, 2013, 05:28 AM - Edit history (1)

It looks like someone simply degraded a quality photo of the president with a pixelation program and stepped back to accept accolades and undeserved cash, which according to his Wikki, is exactly how he "creates".

He's no Shepard Fairey, and at $200,000 gross, it ranks to me as the same opportunistic money making scam as those quarters with Obama stickers pasted on and sold in a plastic jewel box. I wouldn't hang that in my home unless I needed something to cover a stain on the wall by my basement water heater.

Maybe it's like impressionism, where the further away from the painting the viewer stands, the more they can appreciate it. I'd begin from a couple miles then walk slowly backwards.

The opinion of others certainly may differ, but I'll be the first on my block to point out that the emperor has no clothes.

Michael Moore can cut me a check for this masterpiece later:



There goes seven minutes down the drain.


Hahaha! No thanks. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #1
You think this is funny? proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #2
Yes, I think spending $100 on a President Obama poster is funny. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #3
The Selling of the President Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #8
Thanks! nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #9
Very cool!!! Chuck Close is one of my favorites... reACTIONary Jan 2013 #4
If that's art, then I'm Pablo Effin Picasso. JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #5
Please watch this video about Close's technique and process. Heidi Jan 2013 #6
I do understand more about his style now... JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #12
I love photo realism, too. Heidi Jan 2013 #14
That is indeed impressive! JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #15
I like Chuck Close catpuke9000 Jan 2013 #7
I like that image as well. JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #10
There's this thing called Artprize where I live. catpuke9000 Jan 2013 #11
Better yet, take that $100, split in to two $50 bills and give them away. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #13
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