Brickbat: Cockfighting
Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, raided a museum and seized a painting showing Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama musclebound and nude, facing each other with "massive erect penises and their fists raised."
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Russia is so backward that they find offensive the very idea of a piece of art depicting an interracial couple?
Okay, this I totally had to Google. The Telegraph has a SFW pixelated version. Obama's is gold with bells.
That's an inordinate amount of pixilation. But worse, why did you feel the need to search for this image? Worst, why did I click on your link?
It's actually even funnier. Huffpo has an unpixelated version. Putin has two penises; red and green, and Obama's is propped up by a stack of books or money (can't tell which) while he is pinching it at the base to keep it hard.
Thats... a lot of cocks. Dicks everywhere.
Maybe could be licensed and used as a random illustration in Warty Hugeman's adventures?
The image of Putin is actually what you would see if you were to look directly at Warty Hugeman wearing the timesuit.
It's exactly has I imagined him.
Some people really are clueless.
I thought all art was political. It certainly isn't decorative.
And someone should tell him that most things people do are not does out of necessity. Especially things having to do with art.
Better than Friday funnies.
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1335.....NG-570.jpg
That artist may not be able to draw human feet, but he seems to have penises down.
It's a woman, man.
Someone likes peni.
I'm assuming the red and yellow dragon, with a tumescent penis, is China. What about the other two penal dragons? Japan? India?
Two? You might want to check again. Or not.
I can't stop staring at it. There is so much going on. There's Obama's staff or spear wrapped in money, his brass bells, The sausage hanging from the trees, the totems that like what they see, the gas can by Putin, his foxtails. I just can't even
Also, the mushrooms.
Penis.
Don't neglect the vagina flowers.
Needs more labels.
"penis" "penis" "penis" "penis" "not penis"
500 days of summer "Penis!"
That's too funny.
Maybe Putin needed something new to go over his mantle. That will really tie the room together.
He should make it a state gift to Obama.
Where can I buy prints? Christmas is easy this year.
According to Donskaya-Khilko, the multi-colored dragons represent the Chinese people.
Russians have some different stereotypes about Chinese people than I do.
Now that's art!
I don't think it's very good, but it's fucking hilarious. And still less disturbing than nude Obama on the unicorn.
WAY less disturbing.
PICTURES OR IT DOESN'T EXIST!
Commentariat is doing your job oliver.
Obama is wearing the Nobel Peace prize medal, while Putin is wearing a Reset button. I noticed those things because I'm less enthralled by penises than the rest of you.