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Someone please explain to me why a bacchinalia with drag queens, and LGBTQ people is blasphmous to the point of ruining the Olympics, but this bullshit painting isn’t blasphemous at all.
I can't because it is.
What’s that painting even trying to depict?
An angel of God expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, but with Trump as the angel; Biden and Kamala as Adam and Eve; and the White House as the Garden of Eden.
Now I regret asking, but thanks, I guess
Thanks I Hate It?
the White House as the Garden of Eden
Cool. We're reinventing Mormonism.
Americans are the most propagandized people on Earth, Volume XXVII
It's meant to show Adam and Eve being cast out of the garden of Eden. Trump is depicted as an angel holding a flaming sword, which is a reference to this Bible verse:
He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 3:24 NIV
The artist is trying to imply that the Biden administration's choices will cause them to be expelled from the White House (the "garden"), and that Trump (an "angel") will be instated by God to prevent them from ever returning.
Well again thanks, I have gotten more info than I wanted. Sorry to waste your time
That was pretty thorough, thank you for that
The fact that it's done as a triptych, and it's not divided into three acts or scenes really highlights the concept of form over function that the right so dearly holds.
I came here to comment on this exact thing. Not only is it a bad painting, but the bad art aspect transcends the painting itself, even to the execution as a triptych. Every aspect of this is terrible.
The fact that it also kinda follows the rule of thirds makes it even more bizarre. They took the character of interest (Trump) and split him in half between the two panels, but left the cock and balls at another point of tension, implying some sort of sexual tension between the figures?
As they say, it buggers belief.
what buggers belief is that you were able to look at it long enough for that level of critique. brava.
edit: there are some weird, linear intersections and balance-counterbalances that keep drawing the eye here-there-and-everywhere, but i can't seem to figure out the point of any of it. neither could the artist, it seems. it's dizzying to look at.
Hehe buggers belief ;)
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what the fuck is wrong with these people
How much time do you have?
They're weird.
If i was religious at all, that would be the heighth of blasphemy and deserving of eternal damnation
what’s interesting about contemporary christianity is that it’s not even all that clear if the idea of “eternal damnation” is something that’s actually supported by the scripture. and yet it’s such a fundamental part of modern christianity, especially for the so-called “god-fearing christians”.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_universalism#Views_on_hell
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Trump ticks so many false prophet/antichrist boxes, it's insane, yet Christians love him somehow
I mean that's also one of the tickboxes
There's more than one Christian that's noted that, including Christians on the right.
Conservatives are just fucking gross.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
Composition lacking.
Needs Jesus riding a saddled stegasoras.
No way, Trump is just like Kefka from Final Fantasy VI! He's here to ~~establish a global cult~~ save us all!
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Trump looks pretty cute in a peach-colored dress.
I'm beginning to understand why conservatives love the idea of AI art so much.
Is this supposed to imply that Biden and Harris are Adam and Eve?
You are putting far more thought in the presence of far more knowledge of the Bible than the artist has.
They ate from the forbidden coconut tree.
The coconut nut is a giant nut
If you eat too much, you'll get very fat
Now the coconut nut is a big, big nut
But this delicious nut is not a nut!
Wouldn't read into it too much. Your efforts won't be rewarded.
I say "Never try to ascribe rational motivations to irrational actors."
If so, then trump is God? A bit sacrilegious, eh?
Looks like they meant to make it a triptych, but
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the middle panel has to be twice as big as the side panels or you can't close it properly
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each panel is supposed to depict a different scene
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a triptych kinda seems more like catholic stuff idk
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