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n2doc (36,369 posts) Artist Claims He Included Lewinsky’s Blue Dress In Clinton Portrait WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — The artist who painted Bill Clinton’s portrait for the National Portrait Gallery claims that he slipped in a Monica Lewinsky reference into the painting. Nelson Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News that he “subtly†incorporated Lewinsky’s infamous blue dress into the 2006 portrait. “The reality is he’s probably the most famous liar of all time. He and his administration did some very good things, of course, but I could never get this Monica thing completely out of my mind and it is subtly incorporated in the painting,†Shanks said. He explained that he put a shadow of the blue dress into the painting. “If you look at the left-hand side of it there’s a mantle in the Oval Office and I put a shadow coming into the painting and it does two things,†Shanks told the Daily News. “It actually literally represents a shadow from a blue dress that I had on a mannequin, that I had there while I was painting it, but not when he was there. It is also a bit of a metaphor in that it represents a shadow on the office he held, or on him.†more http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/02/artist-claims-he-included-lewinskys-blue-dress-in-clinton-portrait/ Wonder if there are any shadows of dead soldiers on W's portrait?
alcibiades_mystery (31,539 posts) 1. I don't even like Clinton, and I think this is shithead behaviorThey should dump his piece from the National Portrait Gallery.
madokie (42,443 posts) 3. F* himNow bill but the artist Yea bill should have been censored for the tawdy affair but we all have to realize that after years of made up investigations that was all they could get on him. I still think that she was encouraged into this moreso than her just having the hots for the big dog. Some sinister shit was going on with the Clinton's trying to tarnish and or smear the name. Reightwingers are scared shitless of hillary and that alone makes it possible for me to be able to vote for her without holding my nose. If she raises the ire of so many of what I would call my enemies then there is something I can get behind on her.
BlueCaliDem (8,551 posts) 4. A partisan painter helping the GOP to define an inevitable Clinton campaign?? Shanks told the Daily News:Quote“It actually literally represents a shadow from a blue dress that I had on a mannequin, that I had there while I was painting it, but not when he was there. It is also a bit of a metaphor in that it represents a shadow on the office he held, or on him.â€A shadow on the office he held?? Oh for crying out loud, Mister Artist, people don't want to be reminded of a trumped-up scandal by a bunch of Republican hypocrites in Congress who launched a witch hunt of this popular Democratic president! Would you have painted shadows of little boys from the Franklin Scandal on Saint Ronnie's and Poppy Bush's official portraits? How about Iran-Contra? How about a shadow of a feeble, confused man on Saint Ronnie's portrait? Bet you wouldn't DARE. This is just more Clinton-bashing and it's no coincidence it's being reported on the day that rumors have it that Hillary Clinton intends to announce her candidacy in April. Ladies and gentleman...the witch hunt on yet another Clinton has officially begun...
“It actually literally represents a shadow from a blue dress that I had on a mannequin, that I had there while I was painting it, but not when he was there. It is also a bit of a metaphor in that it represents a shadow on the office he held, or on him.â€
DemocratSinceBirth (49,175 posts) 7. I wonder if an artist put a "Trail Of Tears" reference in Andrew Jackson's portrait.You could do that crap with almost every president, including the "sainted" one.
Are_grits_groceries (15,696 posts) 8. Take it out NOW!Many presidents behaved badly in many ways without such an insult.
procon (883 posts) 9. That's pretty damn ballsy.The National Portrait Gallery is a national treasure trove of art that is free to the public and supported by federal funding. They did not spend the tax payers money to pay for the artist to editorialize his political biases and add his personal views to a formal portrait and then brag about his childish misdeed and deceiving the Gallery to the press. The gallery should refuse the painting, demand a refund and full public apology, and then this jerk should be blackballed for any future work in the public sector.
dilby (1,915 posts) 11. I love Bill Clinton and love this painting even more now. It's a testament to the butt hurt of conservatives everywhere for the Eight great years we had in the 90's.
BB_Smoke (44 posts) 12. I always felt there was an uneasy subtext to this paintingLook at Clinton's pose. Jacket pulled back, hips slightly thrust forward, fingers positioned just so. He was making a statement about the oral sex even without the "dress". These portraits are not supposed to be jejune political cartoons.
BB_Smoke (44 posts)12. I always felt there was an uneasy subtext to this paintingLook at Clinton's pose. Jacket pulled back, hips slightly thrust forward, fingers positioned just so. He was making a statement about the oral sex even without the "dress". These portraits are not supposed to be jejune political cartoons.
I don't even see it.
PCIntern (15,752 posts) 15. I have treated two of Nelson Shanks' students...painters of the highest quality. They both independently think he's insane. Brilliant painter...but insane. One gentleman had to stop working for/with him because he couldn't take it any more. My acquaintance is a terrific guy whom I've known for 25 years.
Because two patients having their teeth cleaned would spontaneously say such a thing to their dentist.Horrible bouncy, tooth tard.
The shadow just beneath the plant on the fireplace mantle.
As long as the tears are shaped like
He and his administration did some very good things, of course,
dilby (1,915 posts)11. I love Bill Clinton and love this painting even more now. It's a testament to the butt hurt of conservatives everywhere for the Eight great years we had in the 90's.
I have two words for the DUmmie goons about those eight great Clinton years: Ross Perot.Clinton never was popular. This nation does not remember him fondly. He was and always will be a white trash classless jerk.
Ross Perot.
I noticed he also included the bulbous nose.
You say that like lib/dem/socialists would be repelled by that.It's a resume enhancer for them.
Obama's will have a crescent moon and star featured prominently in his. This would actually be a good model for the pic.
