Award winning artist Vincent Namatjira hits goldmine.
The artists get a bit quirky at night
It has Saturn devouring his son vibes.
She sounds like a proper cunt
Hey, that’s Gina Rinehart, Executive Chairwoman of Hancock Prospecting! She recently sent me a mail about giving me ~$2.000.000, I should finally get back to her on that.
Context?
I had to look this up. An indigenous Australian artist, famous by antipodean artworld standards, included an unflattering portrait of the woman who owns the most profitable mining company in Australia and depending on the day, she’s usually calculated to be the richest Australian in the world, and sometimes the richest woman.
The company is infamous for doing as mining companies are wont to do, and also specifically for her late father’s old-school racism on the topic of indigenous Australians, and then her own actions that suggest she was fine with his attitudes. Frankly, the fact that her portrait looks to have been just a bit more exaggerated than the rest should have been viewed as a minor win that she could ride out, but she decided to raise a stink about it and be the biggest Karen in the world, accusing the national gallery of doing the Chinese government’s bidding, even though she is on record saying nice things about them to get their business.
I am enjoying that she’s triggered the Streisand effect. I love that for her.
I mean, I can see why she’s upset. But at the same time, it hasn’t made her look worse.
it hasn’t made her look worse.
Hell I’d argue that she looks better in that painting!
She looks like she might have a soul in it.
Proportion distortions aside, it’s pretty accurate.
The painting is thinner.
That’s valid.
Corporate needs you to find the differences between these two pictures.
Context?
First, some background on Gina and Vincent, as well as the Streisand Effect (I assume you’re familiar with it, but maybe not):
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Rinehart
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Namatjira
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
More background:
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-21/vincent-namatjira-artworks-in-his-own-words/103107252
- https://inreview.com.au/inreview/visual-art/2023/10/20/vincent-namatjira-presents-australia-in-colour/
- https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/17/i-see-myself-as-a-royal-artist-vincent-namatjira-on-colonialism-satire-and-his-great-grandfathers-legacy
Other articles on the same event:
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/15/gina-rinehart-demands-national-gallery-of-australia-remove-her-portrait
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/16/gina-rinehart-portrait-vincent-namatjira-artist-national-gallery-of-australia
- https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/16/style/gina-rinehart-namatjira-portrait-australia-intl-scli/index.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gina-rinehart-s-unflattering-portrait-and-reputation-with-indigenous-australians/ar-BB1mv8iG
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-16/artist-responds-over-national-portait-vincent-namatjira/103858250
- See also: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/vincent-namitjira-says-he-paints-the-world-as-he-sees-it-in-response-to-gina-rinehart-portrait-controversy/ar-BB1muzUK
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/gina-rinehart-a-mining-magnate-worth-22-billion-wants-her-portrait-removed-from-an-australian-gallery/ar-BB1muVXV
Context since OP kinda sucks at this.
This https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/legends/#&gid=1&pid=8 does real justice.
Edited because
Spitting image really!
I am confused. Is this satire looking factual news on a real satire website?
Really captures the dead eyes.