Billionaire Wants Unflattering Portrait Removed From Australian Gallery

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  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
  • Would you want it taken down? 👀🎨 This billionaire isn’t thrilled with the portrait of herself hanging in Australia’s National Gallery
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  • @99thTuesday
    @99thTuesday Месяц назад +22693

    Classic Streisand effect.
    Rinehart was only one of 21 tightly packed portraits, and that picture would have been glossed over by most viewers.
    But instead, by trying to take it down, Rinehart has ensured that millions around the world would see Namatjira’s portrait of her.

    • @stephencunniffe823
      @stephencunniffe823 Месяц назад +1082

      This is totally true. It's so well known now because of it. Also her family's past crimes against indigenous Australians is more well known because of it.

    • @BeTheChange99
      @BeTheChange99 Месяц назад +486

      The sweet sweet irony. There are no ethical billionaires.

    • @MinaeVain
      @MinaeVain Месяц назад +285

      I've never seen any of the other portraits until I watched this video. I've seen her portrait posted on Reddit at least 5 times at this point, only because of her reaction to it. I would never had seen it if she hadn't reacted to it. I'm not even Australian.

    • @nelliebly6616
      @nelliebly6616 Месяц назад +13

      Boosting her ego🎉

    • @BandlerChing
      @BandlerChing Месяц назад +123

      Yep. I’m in Canada. Never would have heard of it. Bever would have heard of her. But now I’ve don’t some research on Gina and am well aware of how awful she is! Thanks Gina!

  • @sixbrigands
    @sixbrigands Месяц назад +16239

    She inherited her vast wealth and had the nerve to lecture poor people about not working hard enough

    • @couldntholdacandle6681
      @couldntholdacandle6681 Месяц назад +83

      Inheritance was a lot of debts that she had to pull herself out of and then a lot of family feuding over the inheritance after it was out of debt. Gina Rinehart also has a lot of indigenous peoples working for her and if you work for her companies she funds the education needed to step up to the plate. As for the lectures? No Drugs, No Alcohol. It is a workplace standard in the mining industries.

    • @IsaacMorgan98
      @IsaacMorgan98 Месяц назад +393

      Well yeah, duuhh. Without them working hard for her she actually can't keep her money 😂

    • @pooeycheese69
      @pooeycheese69 Месяц назад

      @@couldntholdacandle6681bro defending the old fashioned racist who wants their to be an ethnic genocide is jot a good look

    • @ILoveYou-rv3pd
      @ILoveYou-rv3pd Месяц назад +339

      @@couldntholdacandle6681that makes zero sense. The inheritance was just a bunch of debt that she pulled herself out of, and then her relatives tried to claim the new money that she made after she repaid the debt? That’s what you’re saying. Make it make sense 😂

    • @trapd00rspider
      @trapd00rspider Месяц назад +284

      And the wealth is from plundering aboriginal land of its minerals, I love the poetic justice.

  • @cogsworth2634
    @cogsworth2634 28 дней назад +2640

    Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. Great stuff.

    • @Fitzroyfallz
      @Fitzroyfallz 28 дней назад +16

      Precisely!

    • @KirstyMcCulloch
      @KirstyMcCulloch 25 дней назад +17

      What a great saying!❤

    • @skatergirl1759
      @skatergirl1759 25 дней назад +13

      Bruh I love this

    • @americasmomloveeveryonenoe7517
      @americasmomloveeveryonenoe7517 19 дней назад +9

      I think most artists like this cant actually draw well but have turned that lack of talent and skill into its own valuable trade with clever marketing. (‘This looks awful, but rather than take the time to learn how to do it well, let’s just call it someone ugly inside). KUDOS to them!

    • @bonkers1917
      @bonkers1917 17 дней назад +36

      @@americasmomloveeveryonenoe7517they clearly understand painting fundamentals, though… just because it may look simple or ugly doesn’t mean it’s actually easy. like the artist in the video has a lot of deliberate facial choices and a very clear understanding of color and textures.

  • @nadjailic3321
    @nadjailic3321 12 дней назад +1445

    I recently watched a recording, in one of my lectures, of her deceased father saying all Aboriginal people should be sterilised. That doesn’t mean she believes this ofc, but it shows what kind of attitudes her wealth was built on.

    • @ArohaStill
      @ArohaStill 6 дней назад +160

      She's just as bad...she thinks all poor people are poor because nobody works hard enough

    • @rdred8693
      @rdred8693 5 дней назад +38

      @@ArohaStill
      Oh boy, I have some news for her.

    • @peachyjejune
      @peachyjejune 4 дня назад +27

      lol she literally believes it also oop

    • @mikestrom6178
      @mikestrom6178 4 дня назад +1

      @@peachyjejuneas do many people.

    • @gregorybentley5192
      @gregorybentley5192 4 дня назад +20

      @@ArohaStilland that coming from a worthless human being who inherited all she has.

  • @kate_6436
    @kate_6436 Месяц назад +6947

    She made it famous in an exhibit where it may have been ignored among the crowd

    • @Youngnrrwhtjwtjetk
      @Youngnrrwhtjwtjetk Месяц назад +110

      Exactly. This is the first I've heard of him and all thanks to her.

    • @captainufo4587
      @captainufo4587 Месяц назад +111

      Worse: she made it famous internationally to a crowd who had literally no idea she existed until a week ago, and would've never had a chance to see the painting in the first place.

    • @Rachel-xx5bk
      @Rachel-xx5bk Месяц назад +4

      WIN WIN

    • @dangernoodle9961
      @dangernoodle9961 27 дней назад +28

      That's the Streisand Effect in action babyyy

    • @HFV_Junkyardin
      @HFV_Junkyardin 26 дней назад +3

      Yup. Never would have been international was if she just let it sit

  • @deedrole5296
    @deedrole5296 Месяц назад +5117

    "If you want to be portrayed kindly you should have behaved better" Anne Lamontt

    • @blackharvest13
      @blackharvest13 Месяц назад +21

      At the same time you can’t please everyone

    • @bryn1063
      @bryn1063 Месяц назад +86

      ​@@blackharvest13yeah but she's a billionaire. No way she didn't get all that money and screwed nobody over. You can't please everyone but especially people who know how you got that money.

    • @indy-dog2
      @indy-dog2 Месяц назад +21

      ​@@blackharvest13it's better to please the majority of people, like you said not everyone is gonna agree but if the general consensus is that you're a good person then that's better than nothing, right?

    • @valeforedark
      @valeforedark Месяц назад +3

      Wait so Africa. With it's current 11.7 blk on blc slavery there today.

    • @katt1996
      @katt1996 Месяц назад +34

      ​@@blackharvest13she inherited all the money she has and then told the working class they simply need to "work harder". If that doesn't speak for itself, idk what will

  • @Forflipsake
    @Forflipsake 27 дней назад +553

    He painted her in her true colours, her inner colours, which she proved right.
    The Streisand affect played out deliciously.

  • @becp488
    @becp488 9 дней назад +112

    It's a perfectly accurate representation of how most Aussies see her.

  • @mikhail5428
    @mikhail5428 Месяц назад +3942

    *That's her real appearance, he painted her soul*

    • @Novarcharesk
      @Novarcharesk Месяц назад

      Usual bitchy child attitude 😂

    • @BeTheChange99
      @BeTheChange99 Месяц назад +13

      ❤👌👏👏

    • @leesteele666
      @leesteele666 Месяц назад +10

      Yes

    • @Luna-luna909
      @Luna-luna909 Месяц назад +60

      That’s too pretty for her soul 😂

    • @B.Harper7
      @B.Harper7 Месяц назад +5

      👏👏👏👏💖💖💖💖💖✨️✨️✨️

  • @bcooke1000
    @bcooke1000 Месяц назад +4970

    Billionaire? Mining? Abuse of miners working for slave wages? Could she have deserved this representation? Maybe…

    • @hoti47
      @hoti47 Месяц назад +31

      How do you know they were abused?

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 Месяц назад +50

      Yeah because every worker is victim of corporate abuse 🙄

    • @n9mone
      @n9mone Месяц назад +170

      ​@@hoti47omg stop

    • @n9mone
      @n9mone Месяц назад +207

      ​@@raptorfromthe6ix833I'm sure she invited them for tea ❤

    • @theboujieproletariat
      @theboujieproletariat Месяц назад +1

      ​@@hoti47she and her dad (who she inherited the company from) are famous for abusing workers, destroying nature and *calling for native people to be sterilised*

  • @LilyEvans1996
    @LilyEvans1996 28 дней назад +417

    He’s an artist. That’s how he sees her. And it makes people stop and think and see the world differently and that is what I love about art the most

    • @anitadiaz733
      @anitadiaz733 28 дней назад

      Or...he has no talent atall. And just say it is because they are ugly in the inside 😂

    • @SidneyPatrickson
      @SidneyPatrickson 27 дней назад +4

      He must be pretty evil cause his self portait doesnt look better. Someone check his cellar.

    • @LilyEvans1996
      @LilyEvans1996 27 дней назад +15

      @@SidneyPatrickson people can see themselves as evil that’s true. There are things in my life I’ve done and not done that I regret

    • @Yuqideqiko
      @Yuqideqiko 27 дней назад +2

      @@LilyEvans1996 I believe everyone has two sides of them, depending on which one is more dominating.

    • @rRekko
      @rRekko 27 дней назад

      Nah he just sucks. Every single painting is ugly and deformed, there is no consistency in the flaws either, so it's not a style. He won a skin tone award and recognition.

  • @Reptaurs
    @Reptaurs 25 дней назад +7

    Love it when something so insignifcant bothers someone who is so much more powerful. Her reaction really proves the point he is making with his art here. We are all the same, her vast wealth is a cold comfort when she can still be taken down a peg by a "peasant" lol. Art can be so powerful

  • @dndndndndn419
    @dndndndndn419 Месяц назад +1394

    That lady is hilarious, she Karen’ed her protrait straight onto the world stage 😂

    • @angrysaltycroutan3262
      @angrysaltycroutan3262 5 дней назад +3

      I believe this is called the Barbra Streisand effect. I don't remember the particulars, but there was like an article or a photo of her that she didn't like and wanted pulled from the Internet and sh made a big to do about it. Because of the stink she made about it, it got a bunch of publicity and what had originally had only a few hundred views ended up getting millions of views.

    • @eliannevdlinden6047
      @eliannevdlinden6047 День назад

      She did haha karma

  • @tdog_
    @tdog_ Месяц назад +1047

    the second you mentioned mining i thought "keep it up"

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 Месяц назад +3

      What’s wrong with mining

    • @tdog_
      @tdog_ Месяц назад

      @@raptorfromthe6ix833 destroying the environment, her company destroys indigenous land, people work and get paid so little, her and her dad who started the company are incredibly racist against the native australians and they get rich while their workers cant afford basic necessities

    • @nasafo8292
      @nasafo8292 Месяц назад +95

      @@raptorfromthe6ix833in Australia the mining companies basically run the government in no small part. They’re essentially unelected seats in parliament with the amount of money they can throw around

    • @charlidvds3296
      @charlidvds3296 Месяц назад +37

      @@raptorfromthe6ix833depends on what they are mining and where they are mining is the issue. A lot of stuff that is mined is toxic to be dug up and is considered dangerous to wild life, and where they dig tends to be on guarded beautiful grounds protected by aboriginal tribes and nations, they don’t care about that either.

    • @TheDragonMaster-TDM
      @TheDragonMaster-TDM Месяц назад

      @@raptorfromthe6ix833destruction of indigenous heritage sites for money (cough cough *rio tinto* cough cough)

  • @williamoldaker5348
    @williamoldaker5348 27 дней назад +24

    Billionaires deserve nothing but our collective contempt.

  • @NecroBurt
    @NecroBurt 21 день назад +25

    “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

  • @Amy-jn7oi
    @Amy-jn7oi Месяц назад +725

    this is the most accurate representation of gina rinehart I have ever seen. I love it, they better never take it down.

  • @chrismuffin5441
    @chrismuffin5441 Месяц назад +722

    As a billionaire, she’s worried about a painting? The nerve of these rich people. Clearly a miserable person.

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality Месяц назад +31

      And she makes plenty of other people miserable, too.

    • @aeconiglio
      @aeconiglio 27 дней назад

      Right?! Like, lady... PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN. Sit down and stfu. We're not gonna cry for you because someone didn't make you look pretty in a painting.

    • @AnneS508
      @AnneS508 27 дней назад

      Its a horrible painting and looks nothing like her. She has every reason to want it removed. ​@lisasommerlad1337

    • @autumnsimril535
      @autumnsimril535 27 дней назад +6

      I imagine as a billionaire, she hires a significant number of people who rely on her for their livelihood and every bite of food for their children.

    • @jackripley3906
      @jackripley3906 27 дней назад +12

      @@autumnsimril535 Ok and?

  • @Kesh994
    @Kesh994 28 дней назад +12

    Good for this guy. Being able to express his perception of these people is amazing for him. I think he did an amazing job

  • @rxrexe2687
    @rxrexe2687 29 дней назад +61

    that's gotta be the ultimate compliment as an artist. He must be so proud of himself, I would be.

  • @tmaxim2651
    @tmaxim2651 Месяц назад +369

    Honestly as soon as you said who she was 99% of my sympathy for her left my body.

    • @P.Whitestrake
      @P.Whitestrake 29 дней назад +5

      Why? She's a feminist icon! She's the richest person in Australia. Richer than any men there! Aren't you happy knowing a woman being successful in her career? 😂

    • @tmaxim2651
      @tmaxim2651 29 дней назад +50

      @@P.Whitestrake can’t tell if this is a pisstake

    • @luckycharm4408
      @luckycharm4408 29 дней назад +45

      @@P.Whitestrake nice bait, try harder next time though

    • @nessmarroquin5717
      @nessmarroquin5717 28 дней назад +16

      ​@P.Whitestrake we get it, she hurt you. Call your mom or a therapist. I don't think youtube comments with strangers is going to solve that buddy.

    • @megthefrostdragon
      @megthefrostdragon 28 дней назад

      ​@@P.Whitestrake she's also racist

  • @KateKatastrophe
    @KateKatastrophe Месяц назад +90

    His great grandfather Albert Namatjira is one of Australia's greatest artists. His portrait is amongst these works.

    • @lexwithbub
      @lexwithbub Месяц назад +9

      Yes. The portraits are of people who have had an influence on his life, whether good or bad.

    • @OjalaTeFusilen
      @OjalaTeFusilen Месяц назад

      Really sorry for his great grandfather, to see your greatgrandson painting this bad while being aplauded

    • @LM-zh9lf
      @LM-zh9lf 29 дней назад +8

      His great grandfather was a true artist- I wouldn’t call this guy’s work ‘art’. Ride those coattails…

    • @tosca...
      @tosca... 29 дней назад +7

      ​@@LM-zh9lfHundreds of First Nations Australians have become artists to express their culture. Why should this guy not paint just because his relative painted? He's a good artist independent of his great grandfather. Anywho that's quite a racist idea you've got going there

    • @Jane-oz7pp
      @Jane-oz7pp 28 дней назад +3

      ​@@LM-zh9lf "Picasso SUCKS" - you, probably.

  • @katim2644
    @katim2644 3 дня назад +2

    Not only is her portrait accurate and true to life, I think it makes her look good.

  • @theshamanite
    @theshamanite 29 дней назад +67

    Wait until you hear what that rich family had to say about their country's indigenous people

    • @Guitarbarella
      @Guitarbarella 14 дней назад

      She has an indig half sister herself-even though her dad was a racist ah.

    • @Willowtree82
      @Willowtree82 7 дней назад +2

      Who cares

    • @theshamanite
      @theshamanite 7 дней назад +9

      @@Willowtree82 Good for you

    • @Guitarbarella
      @Guitarbarella 7 дней назад +6

      @@theshamanite lol-the irony coz they bothered to care about your comment-lol

    • @woodykrska9947
      @woodykrska9947 7 дней назад +11

      @@Willowtree82people whose lives have been destroyed by colonization?

  • @BrigitteGoodman
    @BrigitteGoodman Месяц назад +190

    He portrayed her meanness. Great work!

  • @nourhankamel8211
    @nourhankamel8211 Месяц назад +564

    He captured the ughness u feel when u look at them

    • @dear.ambelina
      @dear.ambelina Месяц назад +6

      Perfectly put.

    • @leonieburnham322
      @leonieburnham322 29 дней назад +2

      Umm... G'day. There's a few " rogues" in that collection but also some deadset Aussie Legends ant notables.
      The portrait titled Albert is Albert Namatjira the artist Grandfather, a internationally celebrated Australian artist who at the height of his career could neither vote nor enter a pub or any licensed venue due to his aboriginality.
      Goodsey is Adam Goodes one of Australian Footballs Hall of Famer's and all-around top bloke.
      Vincent Lingari, I'll direct your attention to Paul Kelly and Archie Roach song "From little things big things grow" to learn a bit about him.
      Eddie Mabo, well he changed everything!
      Angus Young, every Aussie has at least one favourite AC⚡️DC song.
      The notable arseholes are Scomo, Gina. Liz & Charles mostly for not rescinding Australia's Terra Nullius status that classed our First Nation people as indigenous fauna.

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 13 дней назад +1

      What did late Queen do to you? Or do you just want to be "edgy" with these pompous statements?🙄

    • @nourhankamel8211
      @nourhankamel8211 12 дней назад

      @@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 edgy

    • @shinjite06
      @shinjite06 5 дней назад +2

      ​@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 non-English defending royals 🙄

  • @pillbobaggins2766
    @pillbobaggins2766 25 дней назад +2

    honestly that was being charitable with her appearance. if someone made me look that good i'd be thanking them in person and giving them all my money

  • @rachelpaulyn
    @rachelpaulyn 27 дней назад +8

    Her making a fuss is just helping his message reach more people.

  • @RaccoonRecluse
    @RaccoonRecluse 29 дней назад +863

    As an artist, no. Its just a painting. Its not showing nudity, its not showing anything other than someone's interpretation of a face. No threats, or exposure. Its good art.

    • @altalt479
      @altalt479 24 дня назад

      Exactly, like boohoo you look ugly in the painting, it's almost like she's an ugly person irl inside and out 😂 bold of her to be complaining about her looks when she's a racist

    • @phantomkate6
      @phantomkate6 24 дня назад +19

      It's not good art, but it is art. Freedom of expression and all that.

    • @anitalauer2715
      @anitalauer2715 22 дня назад +84

      @@phantomkate6It doesn’t have to be a pretty portrait to be good art. The artist painted the woman from his perspective of the controversial figure that she has become in her public life. It is ugly and it is supposed to be ugly.

    • @Gyowei
      @Gyowei 21 день назад

      ​@@phantomkate6 It IS good art. He captured her ugly personality perfectly.

    • @janedoe4316
      @janedoe4316 21 день назад +39

      Nudity is a major part of art historically. It's not offensive generally.

  • @BlweLotus
    @BlweLotus Месяц назад +133

    He painted her soul. I'm proud of him

  • @mistressofstones
    @mistressofstones 24 дня назад +3

    The painting is quite flattering, actually

  • @lavendertiles
    @lavendertiles 27 дней назад +30

    he made her look better than how she actually looks

  • @desert_holly
    @desert_holly Месяц назад +71

    My cousin lives in Adelaide and is always sending me indigenous artistry - i absolutely LOVE it. I really appreciate what this man is doing - good job, sir.

    • @Willowtree82
      @Willowtree82 7 дней назад +1

      It's so bad though

    • @obsiangravel
      @obsiangravel 4 дня назад +1

      ​@@Willowtree82go ahead and do one better then.

  • @Aloysius_OHare
    @Aloysius_OHare Месяц назад +260

    He just told the truth.

  • @wellplayod1957
    @wellplayod1957 28 дней назад +10

    She’s the richest person in the country and yet she still finds something to complain about. The nerve lmao

  • @user-nl9mq1ey7d
    @user-nl9mq1ey7d 28 дней назад +25

    Proof that rich people dont have real problems

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 13 дней назад

      Not rich but uber-mega-rich. Also, I'm sure they still can have realm problems aka illness and death (their own or families).

  • @SpaceBiscuits
    @SpaceBiscuits Месяц назад +190

    As a Brit it will never stop being funny that people still call him ‘Prince’ Charles.

    • @LadyPelikan
      @LadyPelikan Месяц назад +62

      As a non Brit, I'll always find it funny you have a monarchy.

    • @BandlerChing
      @BandlerChing Месяц назад +28

      @@LadyPelikanfor real. I’d just call him chuckie and be done with it.

    • @dear.ambelina
      @dear.ambelina Месяц назад +28

      He will always be Just Prince Charles.

    • @ESTrashfire13
      @ESTrashfire13 Месяц назад +10

      I thought we were still calling him sausage fingers

    • @alisonmolina6670
      @alisonmolina6670 Месяц назад +13

      As a non Brit I have no idea what y'all are talking about but I can get behind anyone trash-talking any govt figure 😂

  • @ekelly1642
    @ekelly1642 Месяц назад +209

    I dont care what anyone says, policing art is just getting out of hand

    • @1993rnicholson
      @1993rnicholson 29 дней назад

      Its policing thought so yeah its just a continuation of cancel culture, the death of free thought

    • @mollywalker1354
      @mollywalker1354 28 дней назад

      Wish someone would say this about comedy

    • @anitalauer2715
      @anitalauer2715 22 дня назад +1

      @@mollywalker1354 Comedy generally reinforces the status quo. In a time when that is rapidly changing, it’s going to be more controversial.

  • @cbsyll
    @cbsyll 28 дней назад +5

    This is why I love art. It’s a manifestation of the mind and perspective of a person. This persons manifestation was powerful enough to trigger the richest woman in Australia and possibly the most evil. Love to see it

  • @AmazinGraceXOXO1
    @AmazinGraceXOXO1 День назад +2

    I wil never jidge my art so harshly ever again.

  • @Fire-Queen
    @Fire-Queen Месяц назад +165

    Id never heard of this woman, but now know shes a mining billionaire, most likely using low wage (indigenous) workers for gaining her riches. And unfriendly to the native people of Australia. Thank you for your art! ❤ Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱👋👍🏼

    • @Skyisgoingbacktopluto
      @Skyisgoingbacktopluto Месяц назад +37

      Her dad called for the forced sterilization of the indigenous, she shares that sentiment, and she's made steps to systematically force indigenous people off their lands for the resources underneath. So you're actually right, but it's an understatement of not insignificant proportions.

    • @truthhearit1471
      @truthhearit1471 Месяц назад +3

      She also shares her profit with indigenous

    • @Skyisgoingbacktopluto
      @Skyisgoingbacktopluto Месяц назад +14

      @@truthhearit1471 that directly under everything else is hilariously tonedeaf

    • @tibbygaycat
      @tibbygaycat Месяц назад

      ​@@truthhearit1471 the same Indigenous people she wants to exterminate. Okay Eichmann.

    • @speccysquaregolike9629
      @speccysquaregolike9629 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@truthhearit1471 since when?

  • @berrycarbs
    @berrycarbs Месяц назад +393

    If it was a PHOTO I would certainly have it taken down but it’s not. It’s a portrait painting and a subjective expression of the artist.

  • @4OHz
    @4OHz 3 дня назад +1

    It says it all, how her family inefficiently and indifferently destroyed the wealth of a country and its indigenous people. A picture is worth a thousand words and truly reveals her soul. Let it stay there.

  • @emma_nutella58
    @emma_nutella58 2 дня назад +1

    It’s pretty spot on tbh

  • @JesterMoes
    @JesterMoes Месяц назад +75

    I walked downstairs with your video paused on the portrait, and my dad said "why do you have a picture of the richest woman in Australia on your phone" and that scared me

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality Месяц назад +4

      She is well known. Not well liked.

  • @ViolentAurora
    @ViolentAurora Месяц назад +134

    Whatever happened to having so much money, you're above ✨️the poors✨️ - one unflattering painting and you're just like everyone else

    • @fedyalien
      @fedyalien Месяц назад +10

      God i hope the picture stays up just for this

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality Месяц назад +4

      ​​@@fedyalienthis is flattering, considering what he had to work with. She needs to come down a peg ...or several million. Greed makes no one beautiful.

    • @embroideredragdoll
      @embroideredragdoll 28 дней назад +3

      I almost argued that I disagreed with the tale of “All Australians are equal in this piece” because you could really tell who he doesn’t like by how weird and more abstract he makes them (not that bias is a bad thing we all have it and the unflattering portraits are deserved).
      But seeing your comment made me realise that he’s actually knocking the people down a peg. The royal family or Gina are no more important than any other Australian. Thanks for making me see that.

    • @ViolentAurora
      @ViolentAurora 28 дней назад

      @@embroideredragdoll Wow, I'm glad you appreciated what I had to say. Very much the best to you!

    • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
      @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 27 дней назад

      why can't she have a pretty picture painted and then donate it to the same museum?

  • @PhantomFilmAustralia
    @PhantomFilmAustralia 19 часов назад +1

    Scary thing was I knew exactly who that portrait was of before I found out who it was was of.

  • @renge31
    @renge31 3 дня назад

    he's so real for that

  • @bluebook709
    @bluebook709 Месяц назад +71

    The national gallery in Canberra is really magnificent. So is the war memorial which I know a lot of people would not be interested in, it is a large museum as well as a memorial with the names of all Australian war dead. It is a must see when there.

  • @katreyu2967
    @katreyu2967 Месяц назад +19

    He’s got dysgraphia i’ve never seen someone paint like me love his stuff

    • @lemon4087
      @lemon4087 Месяц назад +3

      You should post ur stuff then🫰 normally I'd be done looking at art in 2 secs, but his stuff isn't boring n you can stay looking at it for minutes!

    • @Jane-oz7pp
      @Jane-oz7pp 28 дней назад +1

      Does he, or are you armchair diagnosing him because of his art style?

  • @Froggycolouring
    @Froggycolouring День назад

    The prince charles one looks like when you flip the canvas in the middle of a digital drawing 💀

  • @lawanahenley2400
    @lawanahenley2400 26 дней назад +13

    DO NOT TAKE IT DOWN!!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!! THE PAINTING SHOWS THE TRUTH. IT IS REAL!!!!! LET IT LIVE!!!

  • @GildaLee27
    @GildaLee27 Месяц назад +50

    The painting fails to fully depict her enormous, corpulent greed.

  • @snailofkale
    @snailofkale Месяц назад +65

    i take issue with it for separate reasons. i feel portraying cruel people as ugly enforces the idea that beauty is virtuous (and especially that ugliness is sinful)

    • @annannya1356
      @annannya1356 Месяц назад +15

      Ok I never thought of it like that. This is thought provoking for me cuz I would find cruel or bad people ugly as soon as I find their true nature, and made it difficult for me to look at them.

    • @kweeniepiez
      @kweeniepiez Месяц назад +30

      but it's not portraying them as ugly. the artist even features portraits of himself and his renowned father in the same exhibit. these were people who had a significant impact on Australia, good or otherwise, all in the same style. so by your logic he has painted good and bad people ugly

    • @snailofkale
      @snailofkale Месяц назад +8

      @@kweeniepiez my apologies. the video strongly frames it as her having been deliberately painted ugly.

    • @8bitdiedie
      @8bitdiedie Месяц назад +12

      @@kweeniepiezThat’s clearly not how most people see it though, nor how they’re talking about this. Most people are really just boiling this down to “she’s a bad person so he painted her ugly to make fun of her”, which is really another way to say “body-shaming is a good thing as long as you don’t morally agree with the other person”.

    • @tomokokurokiirl
      @tomokokurokiirl Месяц назад +10

      Same. My first thought was not as much ugliness but the exaggerated double chin because she's overweight (and no, that isn't "just because of his artstyle", you can see in other paintings that others are lacking that feature). Reminds me of those rich = fat = greedy older works. But your point about ugliness in general being demonized is definitely true as well. I really dislike these artists who basically make hardly anything above shock value content

  • @NyxGoddessOfChaos
    @NyxGoddessOfChaos 3 дня назад

    He captured her character perfectly.

  • @ExasperatedSideCharacter
    @ExasperatedSideCharacter День назад +1

    His depiction of prince Charles is better than his official royal portrait 😭

  • @deva_69
    @deva_69 Месяц назад +72

    i was like. "that doesnt look that good."
    then i saw the face and was like "yeah, thats close enough"

    • @lemon4087
      @lemon4087 Месяц назад +8

      Ikr, I don't understand people saying he depicted her true appearance/soul. No that's just her, acc to his art style.😶

    • @phoenixofthestix
      @phoenixofthestix Месяц назад +5

      @@lemon4087 why not both

  • @ARSC24
    @ARSC24 Месяц назад +46

    LOL THIS IS PRICELESS

    • @Jack-vo6bu
      @Jack-vo6bu Месяц назад +1

      BLM
      Billionaire lives Matter

  • @johnmorkunas6707
    @johnmorkunas6707 4 часа назад

    The painting of Angus Young of AC-DC looks just about right 😅😂

  • @susanhardie5440
    @susanhardie5440 29 дней назад +1

    Outstanding art. Love the way truth unfolds for this fine artist. The billionaire's actions have brought great honor to celebrate this artist. It's fabulous how this artist will become famous as we celebrate the great message from the heart of the artist 🎨 💓. Yes, indeed... we are equal ❤️ more money doesn't make you better!😊

  • @SirMr10
    @SirMr10 Месяц назад +12

    "This is a picture of Gina Rinehart" Well thats rude to paint her like that, why would they do this? "she's a mining billionaire" Oh! Then it's justified.

    • @ugthump2753
      @ugthump2753 20 дней назад +1

      There's more to it than that. Google her name and "$2 a day", "court case against children" , "court case Wright" or "Rose Hancock Porteous" will give you some idea of her character. Or if you are old enough, think of the "Dallas" or "Dynasty" tv series.

  • @zamielcaratos76
    @zamielcaratos76 Месяц назад +10

    The artist truly captured her inner cxnt🤌

  • @russbear31
    @russbear31 17 дней назад +1

    Looks like a pre-schooler painted it.

  • @addie_is_me
    @addie_is_me 6 дней назад

    He’s brilliant! That she is upset and wants to make them take it down shows he captured her very well.

  • @arc7375
    @arc7375 Месяц назад +14

    I mean, you can say the quality of the portraits are a social commentary and reflect his feelings of the subject…but looking at all of them, has no-one simply concluded that he’s just a _bad_ painter?

    • @cyanl.2245
      @cyanl.2245 Месяц назад +4

      I somehow feel that's more the reason😂

    • @kate_6436
      @kate_6436 Месяц назад +8

      @@cyanl.2245the paintings are really well done they’re just of people looking ugly he’s certainly not a bad painter. Look at his usage of shading

    • @Fitzroyfallz
      @Fitzroyfallz 28 дней назад +4

      A painting doesn’t have to be aesthetically pleasing or beautiful for it to be good. Otherwise we wouldn’t have paintings like Geurnica or The Scream

    • @mg8642
      @mg8642 28 дней назад +1

      No, because painting and art is subjective. If you are minimising it to that it just shows how ignorant you are. Go read more about him and his work instead of just assuming you know it.

  • @annastamatelou3895
    @annastamatelou3895 Месяц назад +7

    I think it looks spot on.

  • @mysticofmaddness9180
    @mysticofmaddness9180 23 дня назад +1

    If I had a billion dollars in the bank the last thing I would be worrying about is some random portrait of myself looking like sloth from the goonies in a gallery somewhere. I’d be happy regardless.

  • @PreciousMe
    @PreciousMe 4 часа назад

    It's not a picture of her. It is the artist's view of her as a portrait.

  • @kymmccormick525
    @kymmccormick525 Месяц назад +36

    Actually, Gina didn't contact the gallery. It was a foundation which she provides financial support. Not that it would have been surprising if she had.

    • @Jane-oz7pp
      @Jane-oz7pp 28 дней назад +1

      Oh, so she paid someone to contact them. Huge difference.

    • @kymmccormick525
      @kymmccormick525 28 дней назад

      Pretty much 😂
      Minions

  • @Allegra11
    @Allegra11 27 дней назад +8

    Not sure why it's he award winning. The paintings are rubbish

  • @elizabethfreed472
    @elizabethfreed472 5 дней назад

    So glad the gallery is holding their ground to protect the sanctity of art and expression.

  • @liftwell
    @liftwell День назад

    Vincent Namijira is a SATIRICAL artist. That’s the whole point of the way he paints the portraits.

  • @fluffyflareon4152
    @fluffyflareon4152 29 дней назад +15

    instead, now there are articles and shorts talking about her wishes to have it taken down and even more people that would have never seen it otherwise got to see it ♡

  • @lilflower6029
    @lilflower6029 Месяц назад +19

    "If this were a photo of you..." nah, its funny i love it

  • @TheBonyLevi
    @TheBonyLevi День назад

    This is the ENTIRE POINT OF ART. To see things from a different perspective. To shine a light on harsh truths. So speak with an authentic voice. Is he painted my portrait like that, I would do serious reflection on who I am as a person. Not campaign to hide it.

  • @AngelStormee
    @AngelStormee 6 дней назад +1

    He paints their soul.

  • @TheMightySceptile
    @TheMightySceptile Месяц назад +26

    Ngl her portrait definitely is the least flattering lmao. He made her a bit lumpier than anyone else

  • @deedebdoo
    @deedebdoo 24 дня назад +9

    Art that makes fun of ugly features triggers hurt and shame in anyone with similar features.
    Attacking people by their looks is a low form of criticism and adds no positives to society.

    • @makeart-notwar-6732
      @makeart-notwar-6732 5 дней назад

      but it sure brings out a chuckle out of the oppressed common folk

  • @hannrkelley
    @hannrkelley День назад

    As an aussie, I'd like to say that's a photorealistic painting and that's exactly how she's perceived. He's a master!

  • @makeart-notwar-6732
    @makeart-notwar-6732 5 дней назад

    her first mistake was asking the gallery to take the painting down. that’s how she exposed her ego and insecurities

  • @vikkiallan5605
    @vikkiallan5605 29 дней назад +3

    It's awful. I wouldn't want anyone seeing this

  • @zoebidwell720
    @zoebidwell720 3 дня назад +3

    Those pictures ain't good let's be honest.

    • @OpinionatedChicken59
      @OpinionatedChicken59 2 дня назад +2

      Yeah but they were made by an abidigital artist so we have to pretend it's good, kinda like how you do with a kindergartner showing you their finger painting.

  • @Nenernener123
    @Nenernener123 27 дней назад

    More than deserved! Happy she was the one who brought his art the attention it deserved!

  • @dolosang
    @dolosang 4 дня назад

    Disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. That’s what art is supposed to do

  • @ash_11117
    @ash_11117 Месяц назад +4

    Is that Angus Young on there? What did he do?

    • @Fitzroyfallz
      @Fitzroyfallz 28 дней назад +1

      The video is slightly misleading, the portraits are of people who have made an influence on Australia wether for better or worse

    • @madma19
      @madma19 28 дней назад

      Jimi Hendrix is in the gallery, too. I didn't think he was Australian. Maybe, I'm mistaken

    • @monical7145
      @monical7145 27 дней назад

      @@madma19 that is a new one on me, Maybe he liked Jimi .

    • @blancagarciadelcerro2237
      @blancagarciadelcerro2237 21 день назад

      @@madma19 Jimi was American so I’m also confused why he’s on there lol, I hope he didn’t do anything problematic

  • @adish1401
    @adish1401 Месяц назад +7

    I wouldn't just LOVE that paining, I would be the one to have commissioned a portait like this if I was rich.
    It's cool when people are interpreted by artists, flattering or not.

  • @oncetimeupon
    @oncetimeupon 29 дней назад

    I honestly thought that first pic was a painting of the stalker from baby reindeer 😂😂

  • @laurensmith6061
    @laurensmith6061 27 дней назад

    Omg I can't stop laughing 🤣. She looks unhinged in that painting. I love this. He captured her soul

  • @arlettasloan6453
    @arlettasloan6453 Месяц назад +6

    I have had people paint portraits of me, without my permission, which I did not like. I shrugged it off and moved on with my life.

  • @glendannesquyres2053
    @glendannesquyres2053 Месяц назад +22

    Hmmmm....I think the artist was expressing his personal feelings.

  • @pggemmiti9385
    @pggemmiti9385 4 дня назад

    Artists have their style. At times they are also great at conveying a psychological undercurrent of a person, or sometimes transferring such onto the subject matter. That is why it is a form of ART.

  • @brenbren732
    @brenbren732 4 дня назад

    Honestly, the drawing of prince charles was a glow up 😂

  • @mamaboocee
    @mamaboocee 28 дней назад +4

    I HOPE they never take ANY of those paintings down!!

  • @NothingHereForYou
    @NothingHereForYou Месяц назад +20

    Just a reminder anyone can be an award winning artist if you know the right people.

    • @tomokokurokiirl
      @tomokokurokiirl Месяц назад +8

      and have the right background everyone has sympathy for.

    • @hunterverling5857
      @hunterverling5857 26 дней назад

      Yeah it looks like middle school art class portraits lol

    • @drebugsita
      @drebugsita 26 дней назад

      It’s easy to criticize when you have no experience. I’m a painter - MFA and all - and they are good paintings. It’s harder than it looks to be able to convey those expressions and capture each persons likeness through a distinctive personal style. He’s skilled, you simply don’t know how to appreciate it. And judged by the person belittling his success because of his ethnicity - you are a hater, jealous, and racist. I’m sure his portrait of you would be as flattering as the billionaire’s

    • @NothingHereForYou
      @NothingHereForYou 26 дней назад

      @@drebugsita Stop acting like a saint because you aren’t. you are the one bringing up his race like it matters what race he is. I’m saying a lot of this modern art is a joke. Especially the ones trying to push some lame message. I’ve seen better artists in highschools and colleges that should be getting more attention than this lame art.

  • @elmartell5724
    @elmartell5724 26 дней назад

    I LOVE that she thought she could control that 😂

  • @ernywalters1333
    @ernywalters1333 Месяц назад +10

    The portrait doesn’t look at all like her. Who would ever know that was who the painting was supposed to look like!

    • @Deloreon
      @Deloreon Месяц назад +9

      🤦🏽‍♂️ this is what missing the point looks like

    • @8bitdiedie
      @8bitdiedie Месяц назад +1

      @@DeloreonThe point is that body-shaming is actually a good thing just as long as the other person is morally bad?

    • @DustyHoney
      @DustyHoney Месяц назад +1

      She’s looking down on you. The perspective here is a little difficult to tell at first, but we are positioned slightly beneath her and she is holding her head up while looking down at you in disgust. You are seeing the underside of her chin and her neck more than you would if she was in a relaxed position.

  • @artbookgaming
    @artbookgaming Месяц назад +4

    Do I understand wanting a portrait of yourself down from some place? Yes. Do I think it should be taken down? No. Why? Art is one of the main tools along with the media for freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and of course the people who deserve and need to get called out won't want to be called out.

    • @hanro7430
      @hanro7430 Месяц назад

      Yeah man ill paint an ugly photo of you and show the whole world , we'll see how you feel. You're only letting it slide because of disdain for the rich

  • @lynzb7750
    @lynzb7750 21 день назад +1

    Gina using her power to try and erasure someone else's view and creativity, is proving the artist's point brilliantly.

  • @angiebaebii
    @angiebaebii 5 дней назад

    Tell me why the painting had me cackling so hard I couldn’t breathe! 🤣💀

  • @luckybucky1682
    @luckybucky1682 Месяц назад +7

    I don’t know who she is or what she did but in my opinion it doesn’t really matter. If she wants it down than she should be allowed to have it taken down, that goes for anyone, if someone draws you without your permission or consent and is profiting off of it either with actual money or with exposure the person should be allowed to have it taken down.
    That’s just my opinion if I’m wrong feel free to disagree with me I’d love to know where I’m wrong.

    • @UserKjlpifmahgqoe
      @UserKjlpifmahgqoe Месяц назад +9

      Just because a person does not like how they've been depicted by an artist, what right do they have to censor and stifle creative expression? She does not own that art, it's not her intellectual property. She is a public figure, there's been many candid pictures of her taken in the past. I just don't see why she should be given special treatment, this exhibition isn't JUST about her there are many other influential figures present.
      The Gallery refused her request, end of story. If she truly cared about how the public perceived her, she should have been a decent human being to begin with.

    • @tomokokurokiirl
      @tomokokurokiirl Месяц назад +4

      I agree. I despise how normalized it is to invade others' privacy, not only in the form of art but also on social media; you constantly see TikTokers filming and walking up to random people, none of who have ever consented to it. "But it's legal if you're in public!" so, you're admitting that the law governs your morality? I would also hate it if someone made a mocking portrait of me and also not want it publicly displayed, regardless of their cause of it being "in the name of art" or whatever. Not necessarily banning things of course but I agree with you, if someone politely requests it then it should be done without a fuss. And I don't really care for this woman or like her much either so it's not a defense, it's my opinion regardless of whoever this drama would've been about. Apparently it was not even her personally making the request but a company in her name as well, though I don't have an exact source on this one, but it seems likely that she would have someone else do the work of communication with public figures anyway.

    • @luckybucky1682
      @luckybucky1682 Месяц назад +4

      @@UserKjlpifmahgqoe the point of it isn’t just for her. It’s for everyone. My point is that it shouldn’t matter who you are you should have the right I someone depicts you in art in a way you view negative to be able to have it taken down.
      Otherwise people can start using art as a means to spread rumors about people and make them look bad and ruin their image, even if they’re a good person.
      It’s also still his property, he’s not going to have it taken away from him just not in a public art gallery where he can gain from it.

    • @sakurayankishi9708
      @sakurayankishi9708 26 дней назад

      ​@@luckybucky1682This point only stands if the person is innocent or just an ordinary person, but this is a rich billionaire who takes advantage of the less privileged so no

    • @luckybucky1682
      @luckybucky1682 24 дня назад

      @@sakurayankishi9708 I do agree rich people could abuse this however the same could be said about looking at it the other way. If it weren’t allowed people could abuse this to spread misinformation about people and tarnish their image.
      At the end of the day there isn’t one simple solution, the one I gave is just one as sort of a concept for a potential solution, you would have to make some rule that prevents both sides from abusing this however this would almost guaranteed take lots of time and multiple iteration to get it perfect, because otherwise someone will find a loophole and exploit it for self gain.