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| The Forgotten Man |
You ever wonder what it's like to be a paranoid conservative? Perpetually braced for the oncoming Constitutional apocalypse brought about by the horrifying direction the country is headed in that has been about to happen any day now, every day, for however many decades? That bureaucratic apocalyptic mindset has got to be downright exhausting -- like a bunch of Chicken Littles trying to rub a perfunctory load out of a wilted ideological coke boner while caught in the middle of a ever-impending but never-arriving hypothetical sneeze.
You know how they say the world slows down in the midst of a car crash? Is that what it feels like when you're in the middle of a country-sized pile up that's definitely coming really soon? Here it comes. Brace yourselves you guys.
Woh, does that mean conservatives can see the world on a slower, molecule time-bending level that the rest of us can (via that Japanese nerd on Heroes)? That would explain a lot. Can your average conservative see the fucking future? Because if so, I may need to reconsider my whole political approach. Also I'd love to hear about what kinds of fancy space-age science racism we've got going on 100 years from now.
One of those psychic paranoids is our man McNaughton Fine Art, who'll you remember from this masterpiece painting last year, which I wrote about in Jesus Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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His new work, The Forgotten Man, sets its sights on our country's most endangered species, emo-looking white guys in yellow hoodies. McNaughton explains his motivation thusly:
Why did I paint this? Like many Americans I feel shock at the direction this country is heading. There is a great polarizing effect taking place in America today. There are many who swoon ove Obama's policies of redistribution of wealth. What will the government give me? If you believe this is the proper role of government you will certainly see great CHANGE in your lifetime. I wanted to paint a picture that portrays the plight of common man. Perhaps the FM is already experiencing this now or will in the future. My hope is that he will "wake up" before it is too late.
There's lots to unpack in this treasure trove of weighted import, and thankfully, like with all great works of art, he's included a description of what every single detail means, because people who are susceptible to this type of work have no fucking clue how symbolism or metaphor work.
A couple of my favorite parts: James Madison getting ready to take the shot gun snap before quarterbacking this country back into victory. Well known founding father Ronald Regan chilling out with his peers Abe Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. Chester A. Arthur's mustache. Franklin Roosevelt's invisible wheel chair. George Bush looking like he's holding in a really painful turd. And perhaps best of all, the note he includes to explain what the stormy skies in the distance foretell.
To his credit, McNaughton gives as good to the Republicans here as he does to the Democrats, but what he's giving is an insanely myopic, personal responsibility-based boot strap philosophy that revers the Constitution, or, rather "THE CONSTITUTION" over, you know, the actual people it's supposed to work for. Either that, or a subtle as a box of tits reminder that we're all going to fucking die. Because Obama.
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25 comments:
Wow, and I didn't think he could top the last one. I'm agape, agog, and aghast.
Obama looks like a stern Bill Cosby.
is that ben franklin throwing some dice? clicky clack muthafuckas
Ha, should've put O'lbammer in a Cosby Christmas sweater.
Think that's James Madison wot looks like he's rolling cee lo. Kind of surprised he didn't have Obama rolling bones.
I've just spotted Reagan. He looks like a vampire from Buffy (please believe me that I haven't watched that programme since I was 15).
If you go to old boy's site you can scroll over all of the faces and he has a little to go with each one that tells you what it is. That includes the dollars on the ground in case those weren't obvious.
I also like the look on Bush's face as he realizes he's on the wrong "side": "Hey, wait a minute..."
dude is like some sort of michael godard with a conscience! haha, who is michael godard? oh just some brilliant artist i discovered in a sky mall magazine somewhere 35k feet above the earth. http://www.michaelgodard.com/new-release.html
Get a load of Mr Big Shot over here, flying through the air, reading words in the air. Browsing art magazines. Contemplating the finer things in life.
Quite interesting reading about all the different presidents as at school in the UK you don't get taught a huge amount about them. The LBJ entry lists the head start programme, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid - initially I thought they would be achievements but the painter thinks they were bad.
Everything I've read about Reagan tells me his economic policies were bad news for ordinary people and their jobs, but a lot of people think he was the second coming...
pretty sure i was going to costa rica, a country filled with mexico's cousins that has no standing army and free healthcare. pussies. didn't see any rich men though, so they're obviously doing it wrong. anyway, i don't mean to sound like an early adopter snob or anything when it comes to terrible conservative art but definitely liked this dude's earlier stuff better. the pregnant chick? crying judges, etc. just feel like there was an excitement there. like he wasn't afraid to get in the van and do a few signings at wal-mart or wherever. maybe hit the county fair circuit. live it and breathe it. now it just feels like he's phoning it in.
ha to everyone except leo.
I want to think this was a typo "His new work, The Forgotten Man, sets its sites" but maybe the internetz has just decided that there can only be one spelling of sites...
bill cosby is the stern bill cosby re: his hatred of blacks wot talk street etc. and we, as a race, are doomed.
Durr, I don't know how to make words.
Why not just have Obama devil-raping the dude on the bench? Really get that point across. Maybe his family could be burning in the background. Barney Frank eating a toddler.
Right. Dude couldn't have added some big red horns to Obama's head? LAZY ART.
Seriously, how hard is it to paint a couple sixes on someone's forehead? Come on.
Fine Art:
http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=353
Finer art:
http://420.thrashbarg.net/mcnaughton-fine-art-one-nation-under-god-parody-jesus-cthulhu-blood-monsters.jpg
That second one is actually pretty badass.
Nobody sees the racism in this picture?
Gotta ask the question, if was a black man was standing in front of a crowd of white guys and they were all peering at him, pointing and gesturing, I'd be running like a mother fucker... This painting has so many suggestive racial things going on that I don't know where to begin...
Seem like you have the right idea
omg I love you. you knOw michael godard writes his own plugs. and probably wears them by now. you make me laugh. out loud. please marry me. or a high-five will do.
Here you go: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/anti-obama-artist-strikes-again
oh bother.
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