I am going to throw up...

[choie]

There was actually a review of Bush's "art" exhibit in the New York Times. The writer, in part, states:

"His skill may be disconcerting for people who love painting and dislike the former president, but still, everyone needs to get a grip, especially those in the art world who dismiss the paintings without even seeing them."

Yeah, guys....WE NEED TO GET A GRIP! So what if he's a goddamn war criminal who has the blood of thousands if not a million people on his hands? WE NEED TO GET A GRIP!

Son of a bitch....

Tirade over.

[dflprincess]

1. You know who else painted?

Hitler.

(You have to listen to Stephanie Miller's show to give all this the right tone.)

[Enthusiast]

15. Yup.

[JNelson6563]

17. lolz That was my first thought!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Hitler was actually much better at it than Bush.

W's paintings are painfully amateurish. Well, he is an amateur, and that's fine. People can have hobbies, even doing things they aren't especially good at. But if he's going to exhibit his painfully amateurish paintings he should be ready for some criticism.

[Nobel_Twaddle_III]

43. Actually my first thought was john wayne gacy

[Rhythm]

45. You win. That's all.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I could not have said it better myself.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Eisenhower painted, even during the war...

and other Presidents touched the canvas here and there.

Big deal.

[rhett o rick]

4. Do you have a name or link? nm

[choie]

11. I'm sorry, here it is..

The "author's" name is Roberta Smith:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/arts/design/george-w-bushs-art-exhibition-at-presidential-center.html?hp

[rhett o rick]

12. Thanks. I'd like to drop her a line. nm

[choie]

26. Yeah, I notice

that the Times didn't include the ability to post comments on their website. Hmmm, I wonder why?

[rhett o rick]

44. I sent a letter to the editor. nm

[BrotherIvan]

50. I hope it is printed

The editors of the NYT have to know this low level is hurting their standing. But I fear the idea of value or talent has lost out to fame in most circles. He's famous, get over it shows a lack of any thinking beyond a tweet. I hope to read your letter, or if you would like to share.

[Boom Sound 416]

5. It's a fair tirade

[MuseRider]

6. Softening the Bush** name

in preparation for Jebbie, the SMART one.

[Crunchy Frog]

20. A Bush but smart.

A truly terrifying prospect.

[MuseRider]

25. Not really sure how smart he is

I just keep hearing that and yes, it is truly terrifying. It always makes me just a little sick (actually a lot) to hear it.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

39. I'd rather it be tenderized....

BTW: In another vein...

[MuseRider]

46. LOL! n/t

[ismnotwasm]

7. He's not that good

It's a nice hobby, he does have talent and he could sell at any farmers market, but a showing? That's because he is who he is.

That serial killer painted in prison; Dubya could just as well right where he belongs.

[jtuck004]

8. Does he paint with the blood on his hands? n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. Did they happen to mention that in no way does his level of talent alone warrant an exhibit?

Did they mention that thousands of serious artists with more talent and who aren't war criminals would LOVE to have an exhibit?

[rhett o rick]

14. The fact that he is a war criminal makes his works more valuable. nm

[Warpy]

10. I'd rather have him butcher fine art than butcher people

He's a totally empty headed and empty hearted man and it shows in his paintings.

Maybe MOBA will take them.

ETA: Talent didn't give him his first exhibit. His "library" did.

[Enthusiast]

13. K&R! Justifiable tirade.

[Dawson Leery]

16. At the end

And of course, like everything else in the “The Art of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomacy,” the paintings place the former president on the world stage, where everyone is acting. Mr. Bush has not painted the people closest to him, who were instrumental in bringing him to power and shaping his presidency, namely Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld. Instead, he has painted a world of smiles and friendship that can rarely be taken as the whole story. The show reflects an attempt both to burnish the Bush presidency and distract us from its failures, as his brother Jeb, a former governor of Florida, may be readying his own campaign for the presidency.

[DirtyDawg]

18. Hell,

Hitler could 'draw a little'...what did it make him?

[mountain grammy]

19. I'd like to see paintings of him gripping the bars of his prison cell. Get a grip on those bars, W!

[rurallib]

22. he'd have more time to paint if he was in a cell where he belongs.

[WinkyDink]

23. I've got a grip he can have....around his godforsaken neck.

[nomorenomore08]

24. Who would put on an exhibition of, say, Pinochet's paintings? And he killed a small fraction

of the people Bush did.

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. Evidently coloring books have become gateway drugs.

[nikto]

28. Bush will never have credibility as an artist until...

He paints something as great as this:



On velvet,
It's ELVIS,
and some other dude.

[They_Live]

34. I think that's Paul Walker

and Elvis.



Am I right?

[nikto]

48. I thought it might be Bin laden

But I was wrong.

[BeatleBoot]

29. Plus Putin dissed his dog!

[They_Live]

35. And those other guys tried to kill his dad.

"We gotta attack Iraq, or I'm gonna throw a fit!"

[ReRe]

30. I'm sorry folks...

... elephants are better artists than GWB. Anyone who sees his paintings as "art" are as brain dead as he is. The Emperor has no clothes, for Pete's sake.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Bush was recently described as "the gremlin on the wing of America"

by an art critic. Wish I could remember where I read that for proper attribution. It's perfect.

[deutsey]

32. Bush's "art" is flat and lacking in humanity

Which remarkably captures the essence of Bush.

[hibbing]

33. barf

The idiot son and all his evil cabal of war criminals are just showing up all over the place now. It makes me sick, and of course the liberal media just hammers them constantly about the war...yeah.

Peace

[tularetom]

36. Hey, New York Times art dude, get a fuckin grip on this

I'm not in the "art world" but I've seen his work and it's nothing any semi talented 10 year old couldn't produce. Maybe the reviewer needs to get a grip and stop kissing this moran's ass.

[deutsey]

37. I'd like to see him do a self-portrait of himself

searching for WMDs in the Oval Office...

[NBachers]

38. It's the rehabilitation of Nixon all over again, with Jeb as stand-in.

[awoke_in_2003]

47. Bingo. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

40. Fuck him. He should be painting inside a jail cell for the rest of his miserable life. nt

[trusty elf]

41. .......

[IMG][/IMG]

[The Wizard]

42. He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon-------two coats.

[Hissyspit]

49. I've seen them. As a college painting teacher, I have to say...

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They suck.

But that's besides the point.

They have particular interest only as aesthetic phenomenon created by an unindicted war criminal.

[3catwoman3]

51. Your professional...

confirmation of my amateur opinion is very gratifying.

[Corruption Inc]

52. We're supposed to forget all about war crimes, criminal banks and a surveillance state

and "keep shopping".