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NOT WEIRD (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2024 OP
He is now a Cherubim? nt if..fish..had..wings Sep 2024 #1
Specifically, the Archangel Jophiel. Wednesdays Sep 2024 #49
Bernie Kerik? underpants Sep 2024 #2
I'd call it sick Wiz Imp Sep 2024 #3
OMG. Yeah that's not weird. captain queeg Sep 2024 #4
VERY WEIRD! PJMcK Sep 2024 #5
It's not very good. The figures are badly proportioned and clumsily drawn. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #11
Someone slept through anatomy class Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #32
It's a badly executed copy of a famous painting. yardwork Sep 2024 #37
It's based on a painting (a number of them, actually) of Adam and Eve Ocelot II Sep 2024 #41
It's also a triptych -- one scene over three separate panels. That became allegorical oracle Sep 2024 #69
I guess that's Kamala pointing at a crazy person GreenWave Sep 2024 #6
What nasty people. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #7
Is that supposed to be Joe Biden or Tim Walz? milestogo Sep 2024 #8
What??? Not Weird ? Way beyond weird, beyond stupid. I have no word for it. Srkdqltr Sep 2024 #9
Not weird at all; nope, not even slightly. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #10
It's obvious that these two just had sex. Arne Sep 2024 #12
Another masterpiece destined for the Donald J. Trump Museum of MAGA Art dalton99a Sep 2024 #13
"Meet The New Artist Taking Trumpworld By Storm." Ocelot II Sep 2024 #14
+1. "Ruseva, a Russian immigrant, sees the paintings as a way to commune spiritually with Americans" dalton99a Sep 2024 #18
"It's Lena Ruseva, whose...portraits of the former president imagine him in a variety of mystical and historical... Wednesdays Sep 2024 #52
Reminiscent in spirit, but that's much better art technically, despite its content. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #54
Not weird at all not. Kid Berwyn Sep 2024 #15
G.O.P. is a party of degenerate blasphemers BoRaGard Sep 2024 #16
For certain it's blasphemy BlueKota Sep 2024 #57
Nice dress, Donnie NBachers Sep 2024 #17
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha.... Blue Owl Sep 2024 #19
Look at Donny, already turning on Tulsi Gabbard! farmboy Sep 2024 #20
See his bone spurs? Neither do I. Arne Sep 2024 #21
Didn't seem to stop him from taking up the sword. keithbvadu2 Sep 2024 #26
Deification of rulers has always been a thing. To see it happening in the US is a little scary. jalan48 Sep 2024 #22
Why is Trump's Mom Mary shooing away Adam and Eve? aeromanKC Sep 2024 #23
It's not art liberal N proud Sep 2024 #24
Good call having him descending stairs and not a ramp. Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #25
Hopefully some activists will glue themselves to it. Talitha Sep 2024 #27
It goes far beyond weird Keepthesoulalive Sep 2024 #28
Well, that's fucked up. n/t LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #29
WTAF????? bullimiami Sep 2024 #30
And they wonder why people point and laugh at them. Elessar Zappa Sep 2024 #31
Bernie Kerik used an apartment near displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #33
Call the FBI: The white house is on fire and it's TSCF's sword. This is a threat to the white house. lindysalsagal Sep 2024 #34
I reported to FB as a call for violence BlueKota Sep 2024 #58
Seriously? It's at least 3 years old. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2024 #63
Their reporting process consists of BlueKota Sep 2024 #66
OK, I missed that you said "FB" not "FBI". At least that's not public money. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2024 #68
Why is that giant, fat cherub going after Tubberville and Tulsi Gabbard? nt Carlitos Brigante Sep 2024 #35
This is from facebook OAF nation . Looks like dangerous stuff. lindysalsagal Sep 2024 #36
What. The. angrychair Sep 2024 #38
🙄 IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 2024 #39
I just reported this facebook page to the FBI. Not kidding. https://www.facebook.com/oafnationactual?localete_IN lindysalsagal Sep 2024 #40
I reported too. BlueKota Sep 2024 #55
Thankyou! lindysalsagal Sep 2024 #59
Why not mention DU too? If you genuinely think this is worth reporting to the FBI muriel_volestrangler Sep 2024 #64
Just one convicted felon honoring another convicted felon. Sneederbunk Sep 2024 #42
No golden idol for this cult William Seger Sep 2024 #43
That amateurish triptych... GiqueCee Sep 2024 #44
Well, Hitler was an artist, too. nt Wednesdays Sep 2024 #45
Idolatry? Ksout Sep 2024 #47
He painted some mediocre landscapes that weren't quite good enough Ocelot II Sep 2024 #56
Bet those who mistakenly thought the French BlueKota Sep 2024 #60
Omg. Blue Dawn Sep 2024 #46
If those people are the artists there could be an easy explanation. StarryNite Sep 2024 #51
Good grief. What garbage. LOL StarryNite Sep 2024 #48
At least they clothed him in this work of mzmolly Sep 2024 #50
Insane and ludicrous Joinfortmill Sep 2024 #53
Maybe this artist is related to Elias Garcia Martinez, famous for ruining allegorical oracle Sep 2024 #61
Someone should pay her to not paint. Seriously. She is awful. ms liberty Sep 2024 #62
I agree with you. BlueKota Sep 2024 #67
How pathetically stupid MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #65

PJMcK

(22,996 posts)
5. VERY WEIRD!
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:39 AM
Sep 2024

Imagine how much time and effort went into this garbage. The funny part is that they’re not untalented as the painting shows some higher level of craft. But the subject is beyond weird. It’s fucked up.

Ocelot II

(121,395 posts)
11. It's not very good. The figures are badly proportioned and clumsily drawn.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:44 AM
Sep 2024

A lot of work went into producing weird crap.

Ocelot II

(121,395 posts)
41. It's based on a painting (a number of them, actually) of Adam and Eve
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 10:53 AM
Sep 2024

being expelled from the Garden of Eden by an angel with a flaming sword. The "art" is seriously fucked up and so is the theology. Adam and Eve (Biden and Harris) sinned by eating an apple from the tree of knowledge, which in MAGA world would be a bad thing, so the angel (Trump) expels them from Eden (the White House) because they knew too much?

Uh huh.

allegorical oracle

(3,362 posts)
69. It's also a triptych -- one scene over three separate panels. That became
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 03:25 PM
Sep 2024

a popular early Christian format for altar paintings dating back to the Middle Ages.

milestogo

(18,219 posts)
8. Is that supposed to be Joe Biden or Tim Walz?
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:41 AM
Sep 2024

They're very muscular.

Kamala's wearing nothing but panties.

This is too weird for me.

Srkdqltr

(7,744 posts)
9. What??? Not Weird ? Way beyond weird, beyond stupid. I have no word for it.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:41 AM
Sep 2024

You have to be really rich or deeply connected to appreciate that, whatever it is.

Ocelot II

(121,395 posts)
10. Not weird at all; nope, not even slightly.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:42 AM
Sep 2024

Those two seem to be surprisingly proud of some very bad artwork that isn't at all weird.

I don't know whether to or or

dalton99a

(84,832 posts)
13. Another masterpiece destined for the Donald J. Trump Museum of MAGA Art
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:49 AM
Sep 2024

aka your nearest landfill

Ocelot II

(121,395 posts)
14. "Meet The New Artist Taking Trumpworld By Storm."
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:50 AM
Sep 2024
It’s Lena Ruseva, whose phantasmagorical portraits of the former president imagine him in a variety of mystical and historical situations, including as a Roman emperor, a pharaoh, meditating in the robes of a Buddhist monk, and a warlord astride a bear. Her collection is called “Trump: Parallel Universe.” And it has attracted the attention of bigwigs in the MAGA universe.

Take the piece-de-la-resistance, the one before which Bernie Kerik posed: “The Expulsion from the White House.”

....In another Ruseva masterpiece, Trump’s divinity is more explicit. Inspired by Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam,” she portrays Trump as an astronaut reaching out his finger of god to a green alien. It is titled “Star Peace.” Trump is no mere tribune of the American electorate. He is a deity with a divine right to the Oval Office – and to the galaxy.

Ruseva, an aspiring muralist, takes that approach to the canvas, resulting in a vaguely defined landscape and human subjects who are either the victims of pituitary dysfunction or misplaced satire.

Lots more about this "artist" here: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/elena-ruseva-trump-maga-artist

dalton99a

(84,832 posts)
18. +1. "Ruseva, a Russian immigrant, sees the paintings as a way to commune spiritually with Americans"
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:53 AM
Sep 2024

Wednesdays

(20,315 posts)
52. "It's Lena Ruseva, whose...portraits of the former president imagine him in a variety of mystical and historical...
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:26 PM
Sep 2024

Reminiscent of this:

Ocelot II

(121,395 posts)
54. Reminiscent in spirit, but that's much better art technically, despite its content.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:33 PM
Sep 2024

Lena Ruseva is a terrible artist, just apart from her politics. Sadly, the cult seems to love her very, very bad art. Even John McNaughton, the Thomas Kincaid of MAGA art, has better technique.

BoRaGard

(3,125 posts)
16. G.O.P. is a party of degenerate blasphemers
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:51 AM
Sep 2024

They going totally satanic with these blasphemous images.

Shame on them.

Now they will roast in Hell through all eternity.

Blue Owl

(54,897 posts)
19. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha....
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:53 AM
Sep 2024

All you can do is point and laugh at the utter stupidity and ridiculousness of it all….

jalan48

(14,508 posts)
22. Deification of rulers has always been a thing. To see it happening in the US is a little scary.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 09:58 AM
Sep 2024

The first undisputed Roman ruler to be deified was Julius Cesar. He began to be worshiped while he was alive due to his military successes. Statues were erected and games were held in his honor.

https://ancientromelive.org/becoming-a-god-the-deification-of-the-roman-emperor/

Elessar Zappa

(16,068 posts)
31. And they wonder why people point and laugh at them.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 10:11 AM
Sep 2024

Creepy weirdos. Not to mention blasphemers if the artist is Christian.

displacedvermoter

(3,199 posts)
33. Bernie Kerik used an apartment near
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 10:32 AM
Sep 2024

Ground Zero that was being used to help coordinate post-911 operations for illicit trysts. He is gross in a Giuliani kind of way.

lindysalsagal

(22,421 posts)
34. Call the FBI: The white house is on fire and it's TSCF's sword. This is a threat to the white house.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 10:34 AM
Sep 2024

I'm not kidding.

BlueKota

(3,720 posts)
58. I reported to FB as a call for violence
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:44 PM
Sep 2024

Fire sword aimed at the President and Vice President, and you're right about White House on Fire. I loathe tsf ass kissers.

I bet FB won't do take it down though.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,683 posts)
63. Seriously? It's at least 3 years old.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 01:00 PM
Sep 2024

(See the talkingpointsmemo.com link above). Do you really need to waste someone's time reading your report?

Damn right they shouldn't "take it down". It's just an example of Republicans being weird, and I don't want the FBI interfering with DU laughing at them.

BlueKota

(3,720 posts)
66. Their reporting process consists of
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 01:26 PM
Sep 2024

checking off pre-written one sentence reasons for reporting. Also pretty sure it's AI controlled now. So thanks for your concern about wasting employees time.

Also it's age makes no difference. It still suggests Trump has a divine right to chase the duly elected President and VP out of the WH with violence.

For clarification I reported it to Facebook not the FBI.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,683 posts)
68. OK, I missed that you said "FB" not "FBI". At least that's not public money.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 02:03 PM
Sep 2024

Have you reported this thread to DU? Please don't, but your logic dictates you should have.

Suggesting anyone has a divine right does not belong in the realm of reality (and neither, of course, does Trump being a winged angel). It's a waste of time complaining about fantasy. Plus, the biblical reference is not about an angel chasing someone with violence. The angel is a guard for Eden, and they didn't chase Adam and Eve.

angrychair

(9,887 posts)
38. What. The.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 10:41 AM
Sep 2024

And I can it stress this enough. FUUUUUUUUCCK.

That is seriously damn weird. Republicans get called "weird" until the end of time because of that picture alone. I mean to pose next into it? You should have your head examined.

lindysalsagal

(22,421 posts)
40. I just reported this facebook page to the FBI. Not kidding. https://www.facebook.com/oafnationactual?localete_IN
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 10:48 AM
Sep 2024

I didn't mention Democratic Underground at all.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,683 posts)
64. Why not mention DU too? If you genuinely think this is worth reporting to the FBI
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 01:14 PM
Sep 2024

then surely it's just as hateful to you being here as on Facebook. Have you alerted on it here? Have you alerted on the articles about it from 2021? There's a link to one above. I mean, if you think this is something illegal, you must be fuming at seeing it on DU.

Or maybe, just maybe, it's just stupid RW crap, and no more "incitement to violence" than the movie "Air Force One" was.

GiqueCee

(1,489 posts)
44. That amateurish triptych...
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:08 PM
Sep 2024

... is an obscenity. She's in thrall to Putin, obviously.

It will be necessary to coin new words and phrases to adequately describe just how vile and treacherous are those who persist in supporting the Orange Gargoyle.

Ocelot II

(121,395 posts)
56. He painted some mediocre landscapes that weren't quite good enough
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:36 PM
Sep 2024

to get him into art school. If he'd been accepted, maybe WWII wouldn't have happened at all. Even so, Hitler was a better painter than this hack.

BlueKota

(3,720 posts)
60. Bet those who mistakenly thought the French
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:48 PM
Sep 2024

were mocking the Last Supper at the Olympic Games opening won't have a problem with this fucking piece of trash.

Blue Dawn

(958 posts)
46. Omg.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:19 PM
Sep 2024

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

The subject matter is ludicrous. Also, as an artist myself, I am offended by the horrible anatomy. In art school, we focused on drawing and painting nude models and learning correct anatomy so that our portraits would actually resemble real human beings.

This artist woefully lacks skill. I don't know whether to laugh or to throw up. I think I'll do both.

StarryNite

(10,899 posts)
51. If those people are the artists there could be an easy explanation.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:24 PM
Sep 2024

It looks like the woman has a drink in her hand so maybe she was drunk when she was painting? In any event it looks like crap put out by a person or people with no talent.

ms liberty

(9,875 posts)
62. Someone should pay her to not paint. Seriously. She is awful.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 12:52 PM
Sep 2024

Flat, lacking proportion or scale. Not an original idea and the execution is just not inspired or creative. The subject matter is extremely off-putting.
I would never show that to anyone - it's embarrassingly bad. It's cultish fan propaganda art by someone who's not very good.

BlueKota

(3,720 posts)
67. I agree with you.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 01:35 PM
Sep 2024

Someone should pay her not to paint. Someone should also pay Trump to drop out of the election.

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,633 posts)
65. How pathetically stupid
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 01:23 PM
Sep 2024

It looks like the avenging angel is trying to give the naked man a hot foot.

Cheap easels, too.

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