Gallery of the Absurd: A Break From Gossip for a Moment

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"Portraits of Shame" New York Post
"Gallery of the Absurd is “the best of many sites that skewer celebrity culture.” 14’s portraits display “the qualities that make celebrity satire work” and is “consistently funny". Caryn James, NY Times
"illustrations that parody celebrity culture with all the subtlety of a mouthful of Red Hots" Newsday
"hitting the marrow of what is specifically annoying about specific celebrities" New York Post

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A Break From Gossip for a Moment

We interupt this program for a special announcement. Several requests for me to "do something political" have flooded my in-box. I suppose this image fits the theme as this IS the Gallery of the ABSURD. This is a portrait of George Bush in his first term, so it's a bit outdated....but not really. Karl Rove would have looked nice as a hovering bat, no? We will now return to our regularly scheduled program, please stay tuned for more Hollywood antics...

July 20, 2005 in Politics | Permalink

Comments

*snickering*

Nice work, I'm still browsing through the rest of the archives. I saw the section labeled "George Bush" and immediately wondered if I really wanted to take a look (I'm a moderate that tends to lean conservative, Republican, and generally side with the current administration on about 80% of matters).

Good to know I was worried over nothing. Most people tend to go just a bit overboard when it comes to criticizing him (because even I'll admit it: the man is one HELL of an easy target). Glad to see you didn't.

And as one Republican to another, I've got a message to the previous (and undoubtedly future) posters who've decided to attack you for this: lighten up, pissants. There's an old saying you nitwits should look into; "Blessed is he who can laugh at himself".

Keep up the good work, 14.

Posted by: SethWynd | April 09, 2006 at 04:57 PM

*sigh*

Posted by: rob | September 04, 2005 at 04:55 PM

God, I hate it when my ex husband posts here.

Posted by: | August 15, 2005 at 09:31 AM

I used to visit this website..but after seeing this piece of liberal, Michael Moore-inspired propapaganda, I am inclined to become a Clinton Loving Liberal! I must go buy hemp socks to wear with my birkenstocks and stroke my beard so I can get the bits of tofu out of it!! I love women!! I love Clinton! I looooooove Liberals!!

Posted by: | July 29, 2005 at 09:52 PM

Thank you!

Posted by: anonymouse | July 29, 2005 at 08:28 AM

whew, I know - carrying around this extra 800 lbs really wears a girl out.

Oh crap, I just lost my paintbrush somewhere in my mound of flesh!

gotta run, there's a huge pipin' hot bucket of fried chicken waiting for me in the kitchen.

Posted by: 14 | July 27, 2005 at 09:42 PM

That's right, you so fat, when you sit around the studio, you really sit AROUND the studio.
Haw Haw Haw!

14, howcome the people who write mean stuff can't figure out how to use a goddamn shift key?

Paint on, girl, paint on!

Posted by: Joe Mama | July 27, 2005 at 08:28 PM

I dunno, maybe I'm so fat that there isn't enough paint to get the job done?

Posted by: 14 | July 27, 2005 at 12:28 PM

you look fat girl ! why don't u draw yourself???

Posted by: joe | July 27, 2005 at 12:19 PM

Bush so resembles his mom with his beautiful heirloom shawl draping his shoulders... touching. Is his neck covered to hide the bite marks?

Posted by: Beth | July 26, 2005 at 12:13 PM

It almost reminds me of a tarot card. I love it.

Posted by: Heather | July 25, 2005 at 05:47 PM

I like how you've managed to include women via the snakes at the top! Weeeeeeeeeehoo!

Posted by: midevil | July 24, 2005 at 08:45 AM

Bella,
I really, really like this one. It almost has an on top of wood quality. Classic stuff and not too nasty.

Posted by: Damien | July 22, 2005 at 11:52 PM

That looks so familiar? Did I see it in a store wall or something?

Posted by: Garry | July 22, 2005 at 09:26 PM

am I a Latina? No, I'm composed of cytosine, guanine, adenine and thymine.
14

Posted by: 14 | July 22, 2005 at 09:14 PM

I love it!

Posted by: Heather | July 22, 2005 at 12:52 PM

I'm still holding out for Karl Rove, naked, on the cover of Vanity Fair. C'mon, 14, pretty please?

Posted by: Viper Tetsu | July 22, 2005 at 10:08 AM

I like the golf club in his left hand, not to mention the Enron smoking in the background. The destruction of the environment is very accurate. God, I hate Bush. I'm starting to get angry, oh so very angry! Don't let this be your last political picture. Do one of Condoleeza Rice. Her face is ugly and bizarre-like her politics. She deserves a picture!

So Much Love,
Demon Kitty

Posted by: Demon Kitty | July 21, 2005 at 03:21 PM

First time here...and I love it already...I bookmarked your site as soon as I saw that drawing of Bush...Brilliant!!!

Are you a Latina?

Posted by: got twins? | July 21, 2005 at 12:06 PM

Hun, you're pure genius! I love it, especially the little elephant on wheels. Pure genius.

Posted by: Meg | July 21, 2005 at 06:57 AM

Don't let anyone limit your scope. You're too good to only paint Hollywood celebrities. Some of the biggest human absurdities are those who rule. Karl Rove, aka "Turdblossom," and Tom DeLay practically beg for your incisive distillation.

Posted by: Bragan | July 21, 2005 at 06:40 AM

What, no portraits of Congressman Fred "Gopher" Grandy?!

Posted by: Knuckles McGillicutty | July 20, 2005 at 09:25 PM

Actually, Nancy Pelosi would offer you more artistic avenues of expression, what with the ears and botox enaht.

Posted by: Kim | July 20, 2005 at 08:41 PM

Excellent!!! So some people are actually aware of what's going on despite all the efforts to distract us. That gives me hope!!!

Posted by: Ed | July 20, 2005 at 08:23 PM

I await your Barbara Boxer or Sheila Jackson Lee. Those will be awesome as well. (I guess Hillary is too obvious.)

Posted by: Kim | July 20, 2005 at 07:36 PM

not to worry sweetie...this is the only political post that will ever be seen here. It makes my head hurt to paint politicians. It makes my head hurt to paint "celebrities" too, but the US media pays more attention to the drama of celebrities: Puppets to distract us from the real news that impact our lives.....

Posted by: 14 | July 20, 2005 at 06:46 PM

Actually, it's not my political opinion. It's just that every good website starts going partisan in any direction, starting political arguments and ruining what good old fashioned fun was there in the first place.

Posted by: | July 20, 2005 at 05:48 PM

Caustic, trenchant, brilliant. Period. End of fucking sentence. If the perceived partisanship off-puts some of your site's visitors, fuck 'em. Were a democrat in office, you'd be having a high old time lampooning him.

Politics totally set aside, this is an amazing illustration. One of your finest.

Posted by: Viper Tetsu | July 20, 2005 at 05:08 PM

Good one, Amanda!

Since none of her readers are payin' , why does this sidestep into politics concern you, blank person? Are you perhaps a stockholder in the Worldwide 14 Corporation? No?

Well, for those of us who *are* (we buy her cheap drinks at happy hour whenever we're in the same town) we are only too happy to laugh at a good rendering of a bad president.

One of your best, 14. I owe you an absinthe and champagne, next time you're in Vancouver.

Posted by: Knuckles McGillicutty | July 20, 2005 at 05:01 PM