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Like a book club, except with more sex! ([info]notjo) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2008-06-12 09:17:00
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Entry tags:colorblindness, gonna be a looong campaign

Happy Election Season, my American Friends
Artist uses images of Obama's daughters and labels them "Nappy-headed Hos"

The exhibit included a picture of Barack Obama’s “Audacity of Hope” switched to “The Audacity of Black Hope.”, a giant penis on the wall next to a sign saying “once you go Barack”, hanging nooses, and this picture of Sasha and Malia Obama.


There is more here, but I'd say some of the pics are NSFW.

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[info]squeakytoy
2008-06-12 12:43 pm UTC (link)
From the artist: "My point is to bring substance back."

Because we all know just how much substance is brought back by reiterating racist comments and imagery under the guise of "art"...

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[info]notjo
2008-06-12 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Apparently the exhibit was titled "The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama".

Which is just added *headdesk*.

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[info]tiye
2008-06-12 01:33 pm UTC (link)
My, isn't he ~~~~*~~*edgy*~~*~~~~!

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[info]iamnotyourmuse
2008-06-12 02:03 pm UTC (link)
He is so sharp, I hope he cuts himself.

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[info]aerobot
2008-06-12 02:49 pm UTC (link)
I love art, but 'edgy' artists really do need a slap upside the head in general. OH MY GOD HE SO TOTALLY WENT THERE. *slap*

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omg hardx0re
[info]utahraptor
2008-06-12 04:56 pm UTC (link)
He is liek sooo Xtreem!!!1

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[info]hangingfire
2008-06-12 02:03 pm UTC (link)
Being a provocateur: UR DOIN IT WRONG.

Jeez, this guy. I heard about the exhibit being shut down because of the use of the word "assassination" in the name, but I didn't realize that the content of the thing was so ... special.

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[info]velvet_mace
2008-06-12 03:34 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I never realized that hateful stereotypes = substance. It does provoke thought though: the thought that the artist is a complete and utter dickwad.

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[info]hallidae
2008-06-12 02:22 pm UTC (link)
::rubs head:: God... there's having a point, and then there's just intentionally being an asshat. Guess which one this guy falls under?

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[info]mary_mac
2008-06-12 02:23 pm UTC (link)
Good lord. Last time I looked, politicians' kids were supposed to be off the table, were they not?

Not that that's acceptable anyway, but those kids are going to be growing up in the spotlight no matter what, they're owed some security.

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(no subject) - [info]pyratejenni, 2008-06-12 03:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2008-06-12 03:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-06-12 03:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2008-06-12 04:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]erototoxin, 2008-06-13 12:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2008-06-13 11:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-13 04:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mmanurere, 2008-06-13 12:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]smashingstars, 2008-06-12 09:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2008-06-13 11:32 am UTC

[info]airie
2008-06-12 02:35 pm UTC (link)
What rock do you have to hide under to emerge and believe that at any point any of this is going to be acceptable???

Being a piece of shit does NOT equal a misunderstood free-thinking artistic revolutionaire. I'm sorry I can't be more eloquent... my brain is just chanting, "shitty shitty shitty asshole person."

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[info]aerobot
2008-06-12 02:44 pm UTC (link)
Artists can be douches, but you're not an artist by being a douche. >:(

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(no subject) - [info]maegwin_of_hern, 2008-06-12 05:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2008-06-12 05:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]funwithrage, 2008-06-12 07:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aizome, 2008-06-12 11:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ariadne484, 2008-06-14 06:21 pm UTC

[info]seiberwing
2008-06-12 02:49 pm UTC (link)
I hate artists who do stupid shit and deliberately try to get banned so they can cry 'omg no freedom of speech even thought this is technically a private area'! They're like art trolls.

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[info]velvet_mace
2008-06-12 03:28 pm UTC (link)
It was a social experiment.

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(no subject) - [info]honorh, 2008-06-12 07:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2008-06-12 07:44 pm UTC

[info]acari
2008-06-12 03:29 pm UTC (link)
Actually, I am not outraged. I can totally see why the first reaction would be "racist scum", that was my first thought too. I think the artist failed to get his intention across, which seems to be talking about how Obama is presented in certain media. This makes him a bad artist, but not a racist, imo.

/thoughts on yaoi. move along.

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(no subject) - [info]velvet_mace, 2008-06-12 03:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]acari, 2008-06-12 03:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smashingstars, 2008-06-12 09:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]velvet_mace, 2008-06-12 09:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nam_jai, 2008-06-12 10:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleutheria, 2008-06-12 11:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]chaimonkey, 2008-06-12 04:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iwanttobeasleep, 2008-06-13 12:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ariadne484, 2008-06-14 06:21 pm UTC

[info]zyna_kat
2008-06-12 04:23 pm UTC (link)
Racist, misogynistic, and going after kids. Dude's batting 1000 with one picture.

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[info]jkefka
2008-06-12 05:39 pm UTC (link)
You know, I wasn't really that big on Obama for most of the primaries. I mean, I wasn't against him, and I wasn't all that thrilled with Hilary either, I just wasn't particularly for him. But the more stupid shit people do in opposing him, the more attractive he becomes.

Not that it matters, I'd have voted democrat if they put up Weird Al Yankovic as a candidate.

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(no subject) - [info]photosinensis, 2008-06-13 12:01 am UTC

[info]missm
2008-06-12 06:30 pm UTC (link)
And FOX calles Michelle "Obama's baby mama."

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(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-06-12 06:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]missm, 2008-06-12 06:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sgaana, 2008-06-12 11:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]florence_craye, 2008-06-12 07:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-06-12 07:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]missm, 2008-06-12 08:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]velvet_mace, 2008-06-12 08:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pyratejenni, 2008-06-12 08:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2008-06-12 09:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]trollprincess, 2008-06-12 10:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]erototoxin, 2008-06-13 01:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]snowden, 2008-06-12 10:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]missm, 2008-06-12 11:55 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2008-06-13 04:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-06-13 10:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2008-06-13 06:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ariadne484, 2008-06-14 06:12 pm UTC

[info]kylenne
2008-06-12 06:32 pm UTC (link)
I wouldn't piss on Obama if he were on fire, but that was utterly ridiculous.

FAIL "artist" is FAIL.

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(no subject) - [info]uberlibran, 2008-06-13 01:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kylenne, 2008-06-13 02:49 am UTC

[info]the__ivorytower
2008-06-12 06:56 pm UTC (link)
Okay, what the hell? Just... what the hell?

I think the worse Canadian politics ever got involving wives talked about Mrs Trudeau supposedly sleeping with members of the Rolling Stones. (They had good taste, Margaret Trudeau was super hot back then).

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[info]honorh
2008-06-12 07:39 pm UTC (link)
Oh, but he's an artiste! You just don't understand him. You're interrogating the display from the wrong perspective!

*barfs a little*

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[info]erototoxin
2008-06-12 07:50 pm UTC (link)
To add to the wankiness: he is his own sock puppet!
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/assassination-artists-trail-of-deception/

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-06-12 08:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sparkthatbled, 2008-06-12 08:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]velvet_mace, 2008-06-12 08:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-06-12 09:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]witty, 2008-06-13 12:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]liz_marcs, 2008-06-12 10:04 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kerryblaze, 2008-06-13 12:05 am UTC

[info]mcity
2008-06-13 03:45 am UTC (link)
When will people learn there's a difference between being edgy and just being a dick?

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(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-13 05:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-06-13 10:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcity, 2008-06-13 01:46 pm UTC

[info]jaythenerdkid
2008-06-13 05:26 am UTC (link)
D:

And I'm not even an Obama supporter.

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[info]chikane
2008-06-13 05:24 pm UTC (link)
I love how this parallels real life wanks.

It was a social experiment, he was just making a joke(and we're not getting it!), he didn't intend to be mean so stop being mean to him, etc etc etc.

Sad.

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