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CULTURE
HUFFINGTON
03.09.14
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Bush has little
to lose. He may
actually be accruing
goodwill, an
outcome Franco did
not even consider.”
6. GEORGE W. BUSH
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Making
people question all the political
beliefs they hold dear by turning
out some mad weird bathtub
self-portraits. Who is this man?
And now he’s painting skulls?
LOWLIGHTS: You might think
they’re the dog paintings because
the subject is so predictable. But
then you get into how many dogs
Bush has painted and we’re back
at a weird highlight.
RECEPTION: “Bad reputations
are mitigated by good (or, in the
instance of Bush, surprisingly
not-terrible) art,” wrote Vanity
Fair’s Juli Weiner, finding shades
of Alex Katz in the W oeuvre.
“Bush’s transmutation from iPodthreatening lameness monster into
smiling blog mascot aligns closely
with his painting career.”
GOODWILL-OMETER: Much like
Kristen Stewart, Bush has little to
lose. He may actually be accruing
goodwill, an outcome Franco did
not even consider.