Artist Karine Percheron-Daniels Depicts Michelle Obama as a Slave for Magazine Cover
Ohhh Snap! Is that Michelle Obama?
Indeed it is. Karine Percheron-Daniels took the liberty of taking the First Lady’s head and placing it on the famous painting by Marie-Guillemine called “Portrait D’une negresse”.
I believe this was done as a tribute to Michelle despite wrapping her in a white headdress and gown with one of her nipples out. At first I thought it was racist, until I learned that the painting was done out of respect. Michelle Obama is referred to in the Spanish Language magazine as “gran mujer” because of the way she, in a Barack like fashion, has been able to win over the hearts of so many Americans.
Karine defended her work by explaining the inspiration for the piece,
“I am not a racist: I admire people regardless of their colour and this picture was meant (sic) to be a tribute….totally lost in translation . With my art I try and show beauty NOT DIRT.”
She then took to her website and wrote,
“If any of you have found this piece of art insulting I would like to say that my GENUINE intention was never to chock or upset anyone. I created this picture as part of a series of other famous nudes.”
“In my eyes , the picture I created here is of a beautiful woman with a beautiful message : The first Lady of America in the first time in history is a black woman who proudly and confidently displays her WOMANHOOD (the nude) her ROOTS (the slave) and her POWER(the First Lady of America embraced by the American flag).”
“As an artist I only paint and create pictures of people I admire and feel passionate about [and] Michelle Obama is one of these people,” she also stated. “This picture, is a celebration of EVERYTHING GOOD, it is a celebration of achievment (sic) and in my opinion is not a racist slur.”
So far Michelle Obama has yet to comment. As I look to her other works of art, I can see Karine’s point and I agree. NO harm no foul, not to mention, a little nipple makes everything look better. If you ask me, it just looks like a bad photoshop job – no disrespect intended to the artist, but as someone who surfs the internet often, I’ve seen Michelle Obama’s head imposed on a lot worse things look a lot better.
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