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Showing Original Post only (View all)You may laugh. You may vomit. You won't believe it. Presenting: Breitb-art. For $4,000. [View all]
Via Tbogg:
This is a real thing:
and now, the punchline:
Price:
$3,999.95
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/06/02/andrew-breitbart-is-dead-andrew-breitb-art-is-not/
36? x 48? giclee on canvas, stretched and glazed (ONLY 43 numbered and artist autographed editions will be made available; when theyre gone, theyre gone!)
...
Andrew would happily fight people, organizations and governments with tooth, fang and claw if he sensed any anti-American BS. David Bugnons piece captures Breitbarts essence as a contrarian: confident and geared-up.
Make room on your wall for a limited edition reproduction of Bugnons painting. We should all emulate the moxie Andrew perfected for that which is just and true. Hang your print by the front door so as you depart your house and dive into the cultural trenches you will be ever mindful, thanks to Andrews example, that there are things worth scrapping forand Americas founding documents are definitely one of them.
and now, the punchline:
Price:
$3,999.95
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/06/02/andrew-breitbart-is-dead-andrew-breitb-art-is-not/
A Tbogg commenter points out 'giclee' is a marketing term for ink-jet printing.
It reminds me of the painting from Ghostbusters 2:
but a bit creepier.
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You may laugh. You may vomit. You won't believe it. Presenting: Breitb-art. For $4,000. [View all]
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2012
OP
Does it come in a sweaty faced cocaine enlarged heart edition? If so, I want one.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jun 2012
#1
Presenting political leaders as knights doesn't have a shining history:
napoleon_in_rags
Jun 2012
#7
The painting at the top is Andrew Breitbart, the painting from "Ghostbusters II"
Archae
Jun 2012
#23
$4k for an inkjet image of a guy sporting a mullet, wearing a plastic breastplate?
Ruby the Liberal
Jun 2012
#33
My god! Who the hell are these people? They live in some kind of fantasy dimension.
Kablooie
Jun 2012
#45
I'll wait to pick mine up at next month's garage sale. I think I can talk them down
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#48
It turns out to be a Photoshop ripoff of an Assassin's Creed video game picture
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2012
#55