MICHAEL D’ANTUONO RESPONDS TO CRITICS WITH 2ND OBAMA PAINTING
By Stoic Magazine | May 18th, 2009 | Category: RANDOM | 1 Comment »
Michael D’Antuono, the artist who gained notoriety as the creator of “The Truth”, the highly controversial painting depicting President Obama in a crucifixion-like pose, has created a new work in an effort to remake his original political statement without the use of religious symbolism.
The new work, appropriately titled “…what I meant was…” is a response to the thousands of people who decried his work as blasphemy. “Unfortunately, too many people were unable to see beyond the religious symbolism of the first painting to be able to appreciate the political statement I was trying to make,” says D’Antuono.
The new painting, to be released on May 18, 2009, portrays President Obama at a press conference. The reporters are wearing 3-D movie glasses with the color of their lenses representing their respective political views. The message the artist is sending with his new piece is clear. He is deeply troubled by the current condition of the fourth estate.
“The media views events through their partisan lenses and then spins the news for the purpose of advancing their own political agenda. The end result is a country that is passionately divided,” says D’Antuono. With his latest painting, he is challenging the media to be less partisan in its reporting and the viewer to be more discerning between fact and opinion.
D’Antuono’s painting “The Truth” gained international attention on television, radio and especially the internet. It became the most emailed photo on Yahoo! and wound up on Wikipedia until an offended party had it removed. The artist feels that his point was proven by the diverse reaction to the piece and by the divisive nature in which both the right and left wing media covered “The Truth” in an effort to provoke and mobilize their respective audiences.
What do you think?
Michael D’Antuono continues to invite others’ opinions through his website: www.dantuonoarts.com.
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