The official portrait of Laura Bush, as unveiled at the White House by President Obama yesterday.
As opposed to one of Cindy Sherman's recent "society" photos, as seen at her MOMA retrospective of the last few months. I never noticed it before, but apparently among many other splendid things, Cindy is the Hogarth of our age.
Okay, I'm being unfair to Laura Bush here -- for whom I actually have a chinchilla of sympathy -- and if truth be told, I'm only posting this because I knew Cindy Sherman socially back in the day, and I'm frankly insufferably pleased with myself for having hung out, however briefly, with a major 20th Century American artist before she got famous.
In any case, have a nice weekend, and I promise that less strident and strictly apolitical musical postings will resume next Monday.
Laura looks like Mrs. Ronnie Reagan, and, that second photo, it's a guy.
ReplyDeleteNo, that's Cindy. As is this one from the same show (and I mean all of the women in the photo are Cindy).
ReplyDeletehttp://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2012/cindysherman/gallery/11/#/3/untitled-463-2007-08
I think we've all been to THAT party at one point in our lives...
Thanks for the link. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteWhose funeral was Laura attending at the time?
ReplyDeleteAmerican democracy.
ReplyDeleteLaura's portrait doesn't quite capture her eyes.
ReplyDeleteIn that portrait she looks like the 1986 version of Betty Crocker.
ReplyDeletehttp://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/04/07_wurzerc_bettycrocker/
I'm a painter and except for the Pope, I can't think of a worse commission.
ReplyDeleteI see Pickles had them tear down the curtains to make her a dress. Once again.
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