Comments on: Sometimes a Painting is JUST a Painting: Elizabeth Peyton Painting “Controversy” http://michelleobamawatch.com/2008/11/sometimes-a-painting-is-just-a-painting-elizabeth-peyton-painting-controversy/ Repository of information on First Lady Michelle Obama, wife of President Barack Obama Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nitalia http://michelleobamawatch.com/2008/11/sometimes-a-painting-is-just-a-painting-elizabeth-peyton-painting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-4646 Nitalia Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:18:45 +0000 http://michelleobamawatch.com/?p=329#comment-4646 I think that it's cute. Good job and very creative! I hope we can stop talking about race so much. It's well, alive, and ain't going anywhere! I think that it’s cute. Good job and very creative! I hope we can stop talking about race so much. It’s well, alive, and ain’t going anywhere!

]]> By: cherika http://michelleobamawatch.com/2008/11/sometimes-a-painting-is-just-a-painting-elizabeth-peyton-painting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-4483 cherika Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:42:24 +0000 http://michelleobamawatch.com/?p=329#comment-4483 true... there were many other photos that could have been painted; however, this one reveals what i haven't seen in any others. the "scowl" and the fatigue give us a mini-peak at the great sacrifice this family has made... coupled with the strength and support oozing from "Mama" Obama, we see a beautiful moment between mother and daughter that need not only be shared at a funeral... i'm curious... was the photo taken during Barack's speech? If so, that makes the expression make so much more sense... it is intimate, urging, as though she were feeling/expressing the words along with her husband... feeling the glare of the lights and the pressure to remember and speak true... LOVE IT... not it is not alluding to beautiful Coretta and Bernice, at least not in the sinister way that some are implying... if it were, it would be in a way that is celebrating King's immortality and that of his dream true… there were many other photos that could have been painted; however, this one reveals what i haven’t seen in any others. the “scowl” and the fatigue give us a mini-peak at the great sacrifice this family has made… coupled with the strength and support oozing from “Mama” Obama, we see a beautiful moment between mother and daughter that need not only be shared at a funeral… i’m curious… was the photo taken during Barack’s speech? If so, that makes the expression make so much more sense… it is intimate, urging, as though she were feeling/expressing the words along with her husband… feeling the glare of the lights and the pressure to remember and speak true…

LOVE IT… not it is not alluding to beautiful Coretta and Bernice, at least not in the sinister way that some are implying… if it were, it would be in a way that is celebrating King’s immortality and that of his dream

]]> By: Annie, bossy color http://michelleobamawatch.com/2008/11/sometimes-a-painting-is-just-a-painting-elizabeth-peyton-painting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-4471 Annie, bossy color Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:49:01 +0000 http://michelleobamawatch.com/?p=329#comment-4471 Are you kidding me? This is what Elizabeth Peyton DOES. She hyper-paints her famous and not famous subjects - exaggerates, makes them precious, makes them sexy, makes them fashion - whatever direction strikes her. And the similarities between this and the CSKing photograph? Come ON. The M. Obama Watch blogger is right on target. Are you kidding me? This is what Elizabeth Peyton DOES. She hyper-paints her famous and not famous subjects – exaggerates, makes them precious, makes them sexy, makes them fashion – whatever direction strikes her. And the similarities between this and the CSKing photograph? Come ON. The M. Obama Watch blogger is right on target.

]]> By: Nichelle http://michelleobamawatch.com/2008/11/sometimes-a-painting-is-just-a-painting-elizabeth-peyton-painting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-4468 Nichelle Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:15:44 +0000 http://michelleobamawatch.com/?p=329#comment-4468 Yes indeed, sometimes a painting IS just a painting! I used this painting as my Facebook profile picture and I got a lot of concerned emails asking the Mrs. King question. I spotted it in W magazine a few weeks ago and recognized it instantly from the night of the DNC speech. The King similarity had not even occurred to me so I'm glad the word is getting out to avoid any unnecessary controversy and conspiracy theories! Yes indeed, sometimes a painting IS just a painting! I used this painting as my Facebook profile picture and I got a lot of concerned emails asking the Mrs. King question. I spotted it in W magazine a few weeks ago and recognized it instantly from the night of the DNC speech. The King similarity had not even occurred to me so I’m glad the word is getting out to avoid any unnecessary controversy and conspiracy theories!

]]> By: LeeJacobs http://michelleobamawatch.com/2008/11/sometimes-a-painting-is-just-a-painting-elizabeth-peyton-painting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-4460 LeeJacobs Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:48:51 +0000 http://michelleobamawatch.com/?p=329#comment-4460 Really? But how many myriad photos of the two are out there to choose from? I would say any similarities drawn from the two photos would be coincidental, but a painting is never just a painting. Really? But how many myriad photos of the two are out there to choose from? I would say any similarities drawn from the two photos would be coincidental, but a painting is never just a painting.

]]> By: Bellesouth http://michelleobamawatch.com/2008/11/sometimes-a-painting-is-just-a-painting-elizabeth-peyton-painting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-4453 Bellesouth Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:36:50 +0000 http://michelleobamawatch.com/?p=329#comment-4453 Some people can never just let art be art. I think the painting - and the photo - are beautiful. Some people can never just let art be art. I think the painting – and the photo – are beautiful.

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