What I find most fascinating about the Bush paintings
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is the Rorschach Test which they impose upon the viewers...
On the one hand, those of us who despise him for all the horrors perpetrated upon the Republic are vaguely surprised that he has even one iota of ability to express himself in this manner, since the guy couldn't even speak a full sentence without a myriad of grammatical and syntactical issues. That being said, reading the so-called critics has been amusing...
My personal favorite was the gentleman who stated that the perspective of the tub was skewed and the mirror could not possibly capture the face given the angle, etc. This emanates from a world wherein an artist can shoot tubes of paint at a canvas, put it in the equivalent of a centrifuge, and sell it for big money and have everyone nodding in understanding the complexity of the masterpiece. Or should I mention Degas?
Eisenhower retired to his Home; Nixon, after a short time-out, reemerged as a statesman during the fall of the Eastern Bloc nations, Ford played golf, Reagan descended into the abyss that is Alzheimer's Disease, Bush the Elder plotted and planned his sons' political careers as well as God-only-knows what else, but this guy, the empty vessel, the shill for Neo-Con domination, actually gives us some insight into a soulless soul. Not uninteresting in the least.
It would of course be a fascinating academic/sociological exercise except for the fact that so many were destroyed in one form or another by the Policies implemented by "his" administration. I continue to shake my head unbelievingly that we were subjected to this malevolent idiocy and then informed by our media, always willing to go along with the Right wing Lies, that he and those eight years didn't exist.
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I can imagine you find that as offensive and condescending as I find this:
This emanates from a world wherein an artist can shoot tubes of paint at a canvas, put it in the equivalent of a centrifuge, and sell it for big money and have everyone nodding in understanding the complexity of the masterpiece.
Although there are some charlatans in the art world (much like those in the medical field) the vast majority of us are hard-working souls who are merely striving to explore and understand our universe through a physical medium.
If you've got an issue with Mr. "perspective of the tub was skewed ", then address the weakness of HIS argument rather than painting the entire art world with your rather broad and unflattering brush.
And so you won't assume I am speaking from my posterior region.... here is an example of my professional credentials: Oil on Canvas 18 x 24, finished late 2012
