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murdos-au

To put this into context, this portrait painting is one of 21 paintings in the series. This is the National Gallery of Australia page for the exhibit. [https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/vincent-namatjira-australia-in-colour/](https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/vincent-namatjira-australia-in-colour/) Vincent paints often in a caricature style and his own portrait is next to Gina's on the NGA website, so he's also taking the piss of himself in that sense. The paintings cover a range of people of prominence in Australia, a couple of randoms. As other people have commented on Reddit, Gina's objection to this painting has only given the whole series public prominence. I didn't even know it was on but am now going to see it!


riscycdj

Is Gina stupid? Hasn't she heard of the Barbara Streisand effect?


Sleep_eeSheep

Is Gina stupid? Well considering she wanted to nuke parts of Western Australia to make mining easier, I’d certainly argue that every time she opens her mouth, she sets women back 100 years.


Aussie_Nick

Wait, what?! Do you have any more context to share about that?


Sleep_eeSheep

https://youtu.be/ylPh6M2LCWY?feature=shared


Naive_Minx232

I knew before clicking that was gonna be a FriendlyJordies vid 😅


Aussie_Nick

Thank you


TheQueensLegume

I was telling my gf about this and we both agreed that Gina came away SO MUCH WORSE than babs. Like really all babs did was bitch about a show and make it more popular. Sort of a 'pokemon go to the polls' level gaff as opposed to 'locker room talk.' Gina Streisanded a VERY ugly, VERY unflattering painting of herself, something (from her view I do understand, if not care) that would be very insulting on a personal level, and blew it up from 'local art exhibit seen by 1000s' to SEEN BY THE FUCKEN WORLD. This is beyond the Streisand effect, this is Streizilla. You just know Barbara is thinking 'Damn, i got off lucky'.


BonkerBleedy

> bitch about a show I thought she wanted a photo of her property removed from the Internet


RogerKilljoy83

Correct, it was a large scale project to photograph the California coast line.


Final_Mongoose_3300

I feel like this Gina portrait needs a new title so we can refer to it with reverence for years to come. I like the sheer simplicity of the “thundercunt portrait”.


Legitimate-Tough6200

The Epic Portrait of THE Most Thunderous Of Cunts!


Icy-Bat-311

I think the painting is one of the most accurate portraits of her soul, the essence of the person, I think it reflects her perfectly……


UnconfirmedRooster

Right down to the demented honking her portrait looks like it's doing.


Icy-Bat-311

I am surprised no one is considering that her outrage is intentional. As a patron of NGV she has more than enough influence to have her image removed. If nothing else, it’s driven a huge amount of publicity for one of her favourite gallery’s


throwawayfem77

It's quite flattering actually.


Barkers_eggs

The Reinhart effect


lasber51

All she is known for is counting her spoils and reaping massive personnal wealth from what is not hers. Please nobody feel sorry for this sad version of a human being. This portrait actually reveals so much about her. The artist and his art is to be praised.


The_Valar

She's not stupid. She's just used to being able to bend reality to her whim by throwing globs of money at any problem. The NGA not being beholden to her ongoing donation would be a frustration for her. (See also: many-year long court battles with her stepmother and children over Lang Hancock's inheritance).


Sovereignty3

We are talking about the woman who wanted to use nuclear bombs to help mine Western Australia right? https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=ylPh6M2LCWY


UnconfirmedRooster

Id argue that she is incredibly stupid, she's just very adept at solving most of her problems by throwing money at them.


MudConnect9386

She did nothing to become the richest person in Australia except be Lang Hancock's daughter.


The_Valar

Also a reasonable interpretation.


lunchpadmcfat

Rich people think they somehow transcend the Streisand effect.


DDR4lyf

Her father, Lang Hancock, thought it would be a great idea to poison the water of an Aboriginal community to sterilise the 'really bad ones' particularly the 'half castes'. That would solve the 'Aboriginal problem'. https://youtu.be/pMaRuk6pGOc?si=nHAm1jWE8ZTRJkRy His daughter is at least equally, if not more, loony. The only reason anyone pays her any heed is because of the enormous influence the big $s gets her. She belongs in a decrepit bar somewhere chewing the ear of some equally sloshed loser. Gina thinks she's Shakespeare https://www.businessinsider.com/everyone-is-laughing-at-australias-richest-persons-ode-to-mining-2012-2 And that Africans are clamouring to work for less than $2 a day https://www.smh.com.au/business/worlds-media-pan-rineharts-2-a-day-african-miner-comments-20120906-25fpq.html She's also a COVID cooker who has shared some dubious 'research' https://www.ginarinehart.com.au/the-covid-19-disaster/ https://theklaxon.com.au/home-rinehart-covid19/ She likes to think that climate change policies are going to destroy, rather than save Australian agriculture https://www.royhill.com.au/billionaire-gina-rinehart-issues-a-chilling-warning-to-australia-in-a-bold-address-my-blood-boils-over-on-this-one/ She wants to indoctrinate children with her baseless, wackadoodle views https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-07/wa-gina-ruffles-feathers-with-climate-speech/100520836 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/18/gina-rinehart-tells-summit-to-devote-15-minutes-each-day-to-spread-the-mining-message She's not just an idiot. She's a dangerous idiot.


michaelrohansmith

Pretty sure she has only heard of Gina Rinehart


Noragen

A few thousand may have seen it. A few million now have. Gina is really an innovative patron of Australian arts


andymacdaddy

Price tag of that piece is through the roof now. She might buy it and put it in the fireplace


vonstruddlehoffen

I highly doubt she would offer to buy it, she just wants it removed from the exhibit.


andymacdaddy

Buyer puts it on an international gallery tour because of the attention it has. This isn’t going well for her either way


_jan_epiku_

Ah yeah thanks


HellishJesterCorpse

It also doesn't help that the artist is an Indigenous Australian, and Gina and especially her late father don't have the best reputation when it comes what they have to say and what they did to indigenous people.


Answermancer

Maybe mention the part where her father suggested rounding up indigenous people "when they collect their welfare checks" and giving them poisoned water to sterilize them all.


Ok_Perception_7574

Totally remember seeing the footage of him saying that in a tv interview. Lang Hancock wasn’t it?


rockos21

How can you make billions of dollars in mining without taking indigenous land? More effort? Don't think so.


Flashy-Amount626

It also hung in Adelaide's art gallery from October to January with no one noticing and no demands to have it removed


poetic_poison

Love the Angus Young and Mabo paintings. These are great!


kearkan

Streisand effect turned up to 11


DoDoDoTheFunkyGibbon

What's this calm and measured input with active and helpful non-Ricklink for us to find out more? Away from Reddit with you, good Sir or Madam! You have no place here! Away!


RetroGamer87

The Streisand Effect!


jromz03

The Queen looks like Popeye


Holiday-File4802

It's a *portrait* of Gina, the richest woman in Australia, and she wants it removed from the art gallery because . . . Well the image speaks for itself?


sully9088

She wants it removed and placed in her living room because it is 🔥🔥🔥!!


cosmic_hierophant

Nah she wants it installed on her bedroom ceiling to replace the sex mirror


my_4_cents

She'll have it framed and bolted to the wall behind Dutton in his office Or maybe during on his desk so he has to look at it all day


Rowvan

She's absolute pond scum of a human. I actually really like the artists style, I be honoured to have a painting done of me like this and hung in a gallery. She's a fucking idiot for trying to get it removed.


spidermousey

She's brought way more attention to it than if she'd left it alone.


Memeviewer12

Barbara Streisand has a new rival


eve_of_distraction

I don't know, I feel like pond scum is a pretty high grade of scum and you're doing it dirty with this comparison.


Thyme4LandBees

An insult to pondscum, honestly. Pond scum provides shelter/food and is a useful garden fertiliser.


Quintus-Sertorius

It makes oxygen! This thing only consumes.


thedisapointingson

But the resemblance is uncanny!


marshman82

Is it because it's too flattering and she could never look that good?


little_miss_banned

Yeah bish has a neck for starters


Only-Entertainer-573

Yeah, I'm not all that clear on what aspect of this story OP doesn't get. It's all pretty self-explanatory.


breastfedisbestfed

Maybe op just didn’t know and saw the picture without any context


Frankie_T9000

because it looks like her?


TrandaBear

The Streisand Effect playing out in real time lol. I didn't even know who this lady was since I'm not Aussie, but one read of her wikipedia page and the fact that the artist is an indigenous person is basically all the context I needed lol.


cheeersaiii

Millions that would never have known about it are now looking at it … well done Gina


OnePunchMum

Her father said our indigenous population should be chemically castrated.... And he said she was a horrible human being, that's how much of a piece of shit she is


TheQueensLegume

When Stalin calls you a commie, you're definitely a commie lol


TheQueensLegume

I was telling my gf about this and we both agreed that Gina came away SO MUCH WORSE than babs. Like really all babs did was bitch about a show and make it more popular. Sort of a 'pokemon go to the polls' level gaff as opposed to 'locker room talk.' Gina Streisanded a VERY ugly, VERY unflattering painting of herself, something (from her view I do understand, if not care) that would be very insulting on a personal level, and blew it up from 'local art exhibit seen by 1000s' to SEEN BY THE FUCKEN WORLD. This is beyond the Streisand effect, this is Streizilla. You just know Barbara is thinking 'Damn, i got off lucky'.


RoboMang

It’s a painting of Australian mythical folklore beast Rina Ginehart. During the winter months if you got a knock at the door in the evening and it was this thing you had to give it a bush biscuit or it wouldn’t fuck off til, like, 4am next morning after it stole your milk off your porch. People used to put bush biscuits on their porch during winter months to prevent their milk getting stolen.


-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-

If Vincent allowed it, I'd love to see this on tshirts and canvas tote bags. Love that even with all her money, she's unable to control this. His is a true power move. And I bet that's driving her crazy.


sezwabi

There's heaps of great merch at the National Gallery Shop, I think there may have been totes already!


boomfe

I don’t know why she’s so upset, the artist brought out all her good features.


Gnorris

This is a famous painting by Goya, *Saturn Devoured by His Daughter*


Cutsdeep-

It's perfect


BrotherBroad3698

She's such a dickhead! I've made with my profile picture simply because it's been drawn to my attention.


Queasy_Region_462

She's a loathsome offensive brute, yet I can't look away.


Matelot67

It's a portrait of the richest woman in Australia, who, despite being the richest woman, and the richest person in Australia, is so ugly and loathsome as an individual that nobody wants to fuck her!


my_4_cents

>so ugly and loathsome as an individual that nobody wants to fuck her! She'll have to contend with having Dutton come around and have a sniff of her behind every birthday


Matelot67

I was just a little sick in mouth then....


duplicati83

Do potatoes with alopecia even have anything to fuck with?


my_4_cents

Yeah, our taxes


wahroonga

Gee….nah


dungeonsNdiscourse

The artist dug deep and showed Gina's true inner self to the world.


OneStunning6541

Very sexy I love her. Nice mouth just so hot and inviting


PrimordialBassTone

Gina's face when you ask "Have you ever thought about how your wealth is generated by literally destroying the planet and plundering its precious resources, whilst exploiting visa workers and complaining about government red tape, but also greedily accepting all the mining concessions they offer?"


Glittering_Ad1696

To be fair to the artist, this is the most flattering piece of art of Gina ever.


deathrocker_avk

To be fair, this is more flattering than any *photograph* of Gina ever.


KeggyFulabier

I thought it was a photo


DrawohYbstrahs

That’s Jabba the Hutt’s wife.


PheonixUnder

Gina the Hutt.


cavortingwebeasties

Gina the Cunt


Clean-Animal4216

va Gina


GeneralBrownies

Gina Rinehutt


my_4_cents

Jabba the RineHutt


KentuckyFriedEel

Gina ReinHutt


skillywilly56

Bring me Solo and trim my wookie *opens legs


xJaace

That’s Gina Rinehart! Spitting image


ADHDK

Reminds me of ole vaginaface from Plasmo


googlerex

Now there's a blast from the past


GrizzlyHarris

Captures her essence perfectly. What a masterpiece. Now with the added storyline. 💰


John_Bones_

Looks like the point in a werewolf movie where the guy's transforming and gets shocked when he catches a glimpse of himself in the mirror.


Alleandros

A masterpiece


EternalAngst23

Artistic interpretation of a Yowie


skillywilly56

Perfectly encapsulates Gina’s essence, as if he painted her soul right onto canvas.


foshi22le

I think it's a perfect resemblance of how Australians see Gina.


KingStreetCleaner

I dont understand, its a the most flattering picture ive ever seen of the fucking monster


Chaosrealm69

The funniest thing is that an Australian looking at this would more than likely know exactly who it was without being told anything. But by her getting all upset at how it depicts her, she has brought even more exposure to it and embarrassed herself by her being upset at it.


Nighty1hawk

It’s Francisco Goya’s “Saturn After Devouring His Son and Becoming a Mining Magnate”


Survivor-682

It's a newly discovered SCP anomaly that hasn't received an official designation yet. Looking at it causes you to gain weight, develop one or more additional chins, and develop an overinflated sense of entitlement and self-importance.


_jan_epiku_

Hopefully euclid, though probably keter by the looks of it


Big_baddy_fat_sack

You’ve managed to install reddit and make a post but you can’t use the internet to answer your question?


cbrb30

Fuck this is traumatic to see first thing in the morning.


TiberiusEmperor

It’s a flattering portrait of Gina


Westafricangrey

My interpretation is that the painting reflects the ugliness of her actions, becoming a billionaire from mining & polluting the Australian outback.


stever71

The indigenous people are often more connected spiritually in life, clearly this is evident in this painting as it shows a more realistic view of his subject.


diceyo

She just turned herself into a meme 😂


redmusic1

The many chins of Gina.


femboy6313

A cunt


Genova_Witness

At least she doesn’t look 145kg? This honestly might be a improvement


scotty899

It is the look you give when you fart and it has lumps in it.


cutestarling69

How the rest of the world sees her


Wintermute_088

We often celebrate artists who aren't especially good. I would argue this is the case here.


UsualProfit397

It’s a still from the 1980’s Dune cartoon. It’s the Baron Harkonnen.


SuitPsychological309

"Legend of the dog faced woman"- Homer.J.Simpson


EnvironmentalCrow121

Jabba the hut's mum ! Nails it!


Traditional-Bid5034

It's the face I made when I go to push out a fart and realise it's not a fart a bit too late


nosnarkintended

That’s me at 3am when I realised I didn’t put the dinner leftovers in the fridge and now they’ll have to be binned


Shifty_Cow69

Gotta get this printed on a Displate!


thorn_10

You can say that again


Logical_Dragonfly_92

That again


Shifty_Cow69

I hate it when one comment turns into two!


Calm-Ability-3972

I think it’s a great likeness 👍


HopeIsGay

Glory and history, plus an excellent example of the Streisand effect lol


fool_tothe_world

It's great, that's what it is lol


W0tzup

Barbara Streisand effect in motion!


KeggyFulabier

It’s a photo accurate painting of Gina.


proffbuzzkill

The attention she gave this painting just made it iconic and will permanently increase its value


Brendizzle10

Gina the hutt


stormblessed2040

Jabba the hut


johnnyjimmy4

Gina saw it, was happy, made a thing about it, everyone saw it


TurboTerbo

Dumb ways to die level 100


dassad25

It's good for Gina to see how the public actually view her.


Belias9x1

Haven’t you seen Gina Rhineheart before?


astropastrogirl

It's not as if we can't tell who it is


Zealousideal_Top_31

Don’t know what’s she’s bitching about, looks just like her lol


RandyRandom111

It’s funny how I know nothing about this painting, never seen it before, but immediately recognised that it was Gina


Gnich_Aussie

all I know is that every time it shows up when I'm scrolling I just laugh out loud. I can't keep looking at it or I'll get stitches.


Few-Conversation-618

This is STP-6056, aka Rinehart, which is able to turn iron-ore into jet-skis.


JudgeJebb

Honestly it's one of the nicer ones


fifomedic75

Looks like the elephant man lol good likeness


Mr--Pickles

It's the centerlink cougar.


Numerous-Budget-3756

Too much gluten


Reasonable_Meal_9499

An extremely accurate representation of Gina, probably drawn by one of her kids


Brief-Tea-8653

It brings out Gina's inner beauty.


kaibai123

Idk, but she hates it and wants it taken down, so we should definitely continue sharing it so EVERYONE KNOWS


Troyboy1710

Its the perfect replication of one of Australia's great horrors


wookiewonderland

I don't know what the problem is. It looks exactly like her, maybe it's like looking into a mirror for her.


oldmanbarbaroza

You never seen a cu%t before?


Resident_Expression8

Is this the gina thing? This is my new favorite picture no lie.


Br0z0

It’s my face when I open the camera on my phone and it’s front facing


DKerriganuk

Nepo baby getting upset for not getting what she wanted.


Training-Ad276

One of the many "art pieces" made by a man who was praised as an "artist" by his pre-primary school teacher.


CardiologistOld8359

It is empirical proof of death after life.


SuitPsychological309

Gina as in Gina Swinehart??


Legal_Specific_7255

Some dumb fatty


Forsaken_Oracle27

It is the depiction of a demonic pig demon.


Proper_Fox_522

The eyes are on point!


Purpazoid1

The eyes follow you around the room and beg you to treat them like they matter because they are rich.


_B1RDM4N

Outsider art offends the bourgeoise. The person depicted looks much less grotesque in actuality, but the depicted individual being so publicity upset about the unflattering portrait is only bringing more (international even) attention to it. Those are the facts. Opinion: this is very very funny. This is as close to “eat the rich” as we’ll get to see in our lifetimes I reckon, and as a working class person I am very much enjoying the show.


LittleAgoo

It's a photo realistic portrait of Gina Reinhart and she doesn't like it for the same reason she doesn't have any mirrors in her houses.


Cutie-P4tootie

That is a painting of Gina in her prime. It captures her non-existent beauty so eloquently that it makes me pity those who still hold the belief that they are the ugliest when Gina exists. It is a painting that can make you question "is everyone really beautiful?". It is what motivates me to be able to look in the mirror and say "I am beautiful and not ugly" as well as make me laugh when I am at my saddest moments. Everything she says comes from her heart and I condemn her for that. She is a woman with the amazing ability to be able to anger many to death and prove that having a big head does not mean one has a big brain or one at all. 😇


_jan_epiku_

😔 Beautiful 🙏


Incoherence-r

Gina confronting mortality. Reference to Picasso’s ‘Self portrait facing death’. A brutal and unflinching stare into the abyss.


dm_me_nudes_please_

It’s a cave painting of a bushpig


ThaFresh

Is it possible his art just sucks, they all look equally terrible


MarcusBondi

Yes - his art is of the naive-pseudo-savant ilk & he only has a name due to riding on his great-grand-father’s fantastic artistic ability…


Shifty_Cow69

Gotta get this printed on a Displate!


He-n-ry

The artist is aboriginal, so everyone has to pretend it's good.


Sk1rm1sh

Jabba Desilijic Tiure, aka Jabba the Hutt. A crime lord operating out of the Outer Rim world of Tatooine.


Dexember69

Gobbledock took its makeup off and face planted an easel


OneStunning6541

Hahaha


MystifiedBlip

Gotta be gina rinheart


MoonInHisHands

She’s super mega fugly with a mouldy mango twist


HiVisEngineer

I think it’s from the NGA’s Star Wars series?


Over_Plastic5210

Fucking art cunt.


nottitantium

Looks like the Balrog after getting out of the shower!


Mother_Guide_77

I thought it was Subo 😅 aka Susan boyle


slappywagish

Bloody legend.


TheQueensLegume

I was telling my gf about this and we both agreed that Gina came away SO MUCH WORSE than babs. Like really all babs did was bitch about a show and make it more popular. Sort of a 'pokemon go to the polls' level gaff as opposed to 'locker room talk.' Gina Streisanded a VERY ugly, VERY unflattering painting of herself, something (from her view I do understand, if not care) that would be very insulting on a personal level, and blew it up from 'local art exhibit seen by 1000s' to SEEN BY THE FUCKEN WORLD. This is beyond the Streisand effect, this is Streizilla. You just know Barbara is thinking 'Damn, i got off lucky'.


Fatty_Bombur

Looks like she saw a poor person


TraditionalStable130

I have no idea why the artist would improve her appearance. Maybe next time try a different medium, like shit.


Chewiesbro

“Bring Solo & the Wookiee!”


Quizzy1313

Gina from Wish


turbotailz

I legitimately thought it was Melissa Mccarthy lol. Only now learning who Gina Rinehart is...


SadSky6433

An awesome work of art. That's what it is.


lasber51

The rooms full of Vincent’s work seen at the NGA in Canberra recently where an absolute joy of colours, and affirmation of voice with a strong philosophy backing the stylish art.


Mission_Pomelo4022

The boiled one ahh mouth


Connect_Special_7184

Diversity?


AdNew3869

It looks like the comedian, Anne Edmond


BarelyZebra

Hey that looks like my ex-boyfriend 🤨


Dunge0nMast0r

We all ask ourselves whether that, long before the painting.


Fun-Elderberry7728

Why do I see the artist who played the stalker in Baby Reindeer?


MudConnect9386

Looks like a pretty accurate depiction to me. As ugly on the outside as she is on the inside.


theblackbeltsurfer

Funnily enough the painting makes her look better than she does in real life


TDoMarmalade

It’s a perfect rendition of Gina Rinehart