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It is pretty fascinating. For a man not particularly known for his humility in office, the paintings show a lot of vulnerability. I'm hoping this isn't a prank.
Hitler's stuff was way better than this. Search for it and judge for yourself. Not even close in my opinion.
Hitler's stuff was way better than this. Search for it and judge for yourself. Not even close in my opinion.
I think people judging it for the sake of the art are missing the point. To me, the pieces scream of depression. His legs in a still bath? Staring in to a mirror in the shower? What do you imagine life to be in the waning retirement years of the former president of the most powerful country on earth? What a jarring contrast it must be.
Bill Clinton seems to be having fun.
I think people judging it for the sake of the art are missing the point. To me, the pieces scream of depression. His legs in a still bath? Staring in to a mirror in the shower? What do you imagine life to be in the waning retirement years of the former president of the most powerful country on earth? What a jarring contrast it must be.
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I agree. The art doesn't have to be good or hung in a gallery to be of value. The paintings represent an new, and perhaps candid insight into the thoughts and feelings of a former president. They might reveal something we wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to observe. GWB may not even know what he's revealing about himself. My take on the paintings is that they project a sense of loneliness, separation, and intr…
I think that shower painting is just brilliant, in a Spike Milligan sort of way. It seriously does make me like the guy more.
I know he put on the tough front of "you can't regret anything and I'd invade again," but who can't look at this and think he's having second thoughts?
Link to paintings: http://www.blackbookmag.com/art/george-w-bush-s-paintings-re... I couldn't figure out what the heck everybody was talking about.
There’s nothing wrong with consuming culture, of course. But what are we losing if that time is never spent making things, and making them for their own sake?"
Beautifully said, and reminds me of this equally beautiful tweet by why_:
"when you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create."
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I think that shower painting is just brilliant, in a Spike Milligan sort of way. It seriously does make me like the guy more.
I'm not sure I have a whole lot to add that you two haven't said, but the way his reflection in mirror is so far away from his actual head and the smallness of it... wow, he suddenly seems so human to me. I have chills. I know he put on the tough front of "you can't regret anything and I'd invade again," but who can't look at this and think he's having second thoughts?