ki_sekiya, 1 month ago

@luciedigitalni ... 'icing on the cake' would be if Namatjira can get some of the painted people to pose together with their 'unflattering' portraits,
in a show of respect for artistic freedom.

Tooden, 1 month ago

@luciedigitalni My impression of the painting is that he has captured her reaction to it, perfectly. Both revulsion and rejection writ large.

RHW, 1 month ago

@Tooden @luciedigitalni
"To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift" - Aldous Huxley.
Also, perhaps a shock.

Tooden, 1 month ago

@RHW Never for Gina...though I wonder if she wishes she'd never drawn attention to it. Blithe disregard would have been a more dignified reaction. @luciedigitalni

luciedigitalni, 1 month ago

@Tooden @RHW 'dignified' really isn't Gina's thing

Tooden, 1 month ago

@luciedigitalni Never has been, really. Daddy's spoiled, not-so-little princess. @RHW

JamesAshburnerCBR, 1 month ago

@luciedigitalni There’s also an unflattering joke about Barnaby, a proposed Gina postage stamp, and Joyce’s slavish adulation of Ms Rinderpest.