King Charles' new portrait.. wtf.

equalsql

Good lord..
It looks like something that would be hung on the wall in a Saw movie. 
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stickyfiddle

Kittyfrisk said:

More like Vigo the Carpathian...

That's where my mind went. 

As a piece of art I actually don't dislike it, but it's not the trad thing at all. 

That said loads of people hated the Obama portrait from 2017-ish but I thought that was stunning 

Kittyfrisk

Personally I quite like it. Certainly a diversion from the traditional portraiture.
There was also an alternative version too...

https://twitter.com/ChesterEndofMrY/status/1790645714868903964

RaymondLin

Well, it got us talking, so from that POV, it works.

Whether you like it or not, entirely subjective.....I too am on the "WTF" camp lol

JezWynd

Bathed in the Blood of Empire

Sassafras

Thought it was one of those Magic Eye things where if you cross your eyes a jug eared bloke appears.

swiller

looks like oil protestors have been at it, just needs a clean up

ROOG

I expect there's a logic to it somewhere, just not sure where. The bits that aren't red look good to me!

ROOG

oh_pollo said:

The eyes follow you as you back out of the room.

According to Pete & Dud a sign of a great painting.

JezWynd

ROOG said:

I expect there's a logic to it somewhere, just not sure where. The bits that aren't red look good to me!

True, the artist has skills so you wonder what his point is. Perhaps it's poppy red to reference the Chinese addicts we created so that brits could drink tea and wear silk.

Devil#20

His left shoulder is longer than his right and slopes down more. i think the artist was planting a subliminal message that it's a result of the weight of all those medals he never earned. if he had then that would indicate the King was a right hard bastard in his fighting days and there was much blood shed at his hands (a good likeness there too btw). Got the sausage finger thing bang on. 

Sassafras

A really crap Photoshop effort.
Even worse than Kate's pics.

CaseOfAce

My immediate hot take was it reminded me of the scene in Back To The Future where Michael J Fox is fading out of the photo unless he changes tack. 
Though not the intent of the artist - I'm sure that dread phrase "caretaker king" sprang to mind to some.
Oh well... I'm sure it'll look nice in the loo.

Grumpyrocker

I really like it. I think it's an interesting approach. 

fretmeister

breakstuff

fretmeister

I love it.

goldtop

As a piece of art (rather than a piece of suck-up royalty worship), I rather like it.

thecolourbox

I'm glad you told us it was Charles as I'm not sure I'd have recognised who it was otherwise to be honest. Looks like one of those local artists who have lots of technique but just aren't that good somehow. I guess like playing lots of notes quickly but getting the chords slightly wrong?

sweave

I like it. The artist explained that part of the reason for red everywhere was that the red tunic Charles was wearing in the sitting would have dominated the painting anyway, so why not let the red loose

TheMarlin

I like the painting about as much as the subject matter. Both awful