Comments on: Bad paintings of Barack Obama http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 21:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731658 bklynchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731658 How 'bout bad paintings, period. Actually, this painting is so bad its good. F*ck the tacos, what about the jockey underwear? How ’bout bad paintings, period. Actually, this painting is so bad its good. F*ck the tacos, what about the jockey underwear?

]]> By: jere7my http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731673 jere7my Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731673 Anon #4, Byrne didn't paint the cover of <i>Little Creatures.</i> That was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Finster">Reverend Howard Finster</a>, an outsider artist from Georgia. If you like that kind of thing, <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=outsider%20art&hl=en">Google [outsider art]</a>. Anon #4, Byrne didn’t paint the cover of Little Creatures. That was the Reverend Howard Finster, an outsider artist from Georgia. If you like that kind of thing, Google [outsider art].

]]> By: Zergonapal http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731692 Zergonapal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731692 I think its interesting that the one consistent about the paintings is Obama's smile. Oh and number four made me laugh out loud, someone has a serious crush on Obama. I think its interesting that the one consistent about the paintings is Obama’s smile.
Oh and number four made me laugh out loud, someone has a serious crush on Obama.

]]> By: Steaming Pile http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731980 Steaming Pile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731980 Yeah, what's the deal with the underwear? Yeah, what’s the deal with the underwear?

]]> By: Chinese Jet Pilot http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731986 Chinese Jet Pilot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731986 I find these Obama paintings quite honest and charming in a folk-art way. I snapped this <a href="http://www.lenticulations.com/#35">lovely 3D photo of an Obama painting and its creator</a>. I find these Obama paintings quite honest and charming in a folk-art way.

I snapped this lovely 3D photo of an Obama painting and its creator.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731794 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731794 Hey, there's a work-in-progress photo of Alex Grey's Obama portrait in there as well. http://iamchriscollins.com/badpaintingsofbarackobama/images//3.jpg http://www.alexgrey.com/obama.html Hey, there’s a work-in-progress photo of Alex Grey’s Obama portrait in there as well.

http://iamchriscollins.com/badpaintingsofbarackobama/images//3.jpg
http://www.alexgrey.com/obama.html

]]> By: ian71 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731608 ian71 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731608 Wasn't this site already blogged on here a while back? Also, tacos?? WTF?? Wasn’t this site already blogged on here a while back?

Also, tacos?? WTF??

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731617 rrh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731617 http://iamchriscollins.com/badpaintingsofbarackobama/images//4.jpg Now that's hot. http://iamchriscollins.com/badpaintingsofbarackobama/images//4.jpg

Now that’s hot.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731621 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731621 Underpants? Underpants?

]]> By: Ned613 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-732389 Ned613 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732389 Anon@#3 "Underpants?" Evidently change [of underwear] we can believe in. Anon@#3 “Underpants?” Evidently change [of underwear] we can believe in.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731632 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731632 this reminds me of david byrne's painting for the cover of "little creatures." i think it's the underwear. this reminds me of david byrne’s painting for the cover of “little creatures.” i think it’s the underwear.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html#comment-731639 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731639 I don't think any of these paintings are bad, and I'm curious to know what a "good" painting of Barack Obama would look like. I don’t think any of these paintings are bad, and I’m curious to know what a “good” painting of Barack Obama would look like.

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