Barack Obama is back in the bush

The exercise of artistic license w.r.t hand size is an old play. Check out how big Michelangelo made David's right hand ...

 

Thomas Hart Benton.

Hands the size of hay rakes!

 

I mean, the hands are there to fuck with Trump, right?

 

Maybe.

But as dq points out, oversized hands (and feet) are a thing in art, from ancient Greece to Rodin and beyond.

And Wiley's work is deeply influenced by the art that preceded it.

 

Gotta be.

It’s also been pointed out that he has five fingers, plus an unseeen thumb, on one hand.

 

Terrific short piece here by Doreen St. Felix, on the portrait of Mrs. Obama.

The Mystery of Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Michelle Obama

 

“So, yeah, Mich, the big hand is cool. But, um, I’m wondering about this other part ...”

 

That’s what I was referring to.

 

Sean Hannity, art critic.

https://www.hannity.com/media-room/...cret-sperm-artist-joked-about-killing-whitey/

 

I’m sorry. I can’t take anyone with St. in their last name seriously.

 

Damn.

That was gonna be my next byline move.

Maybe I'l just go with three initials and a last name.

 

Oh, come on ...