29 August,2012 10:03 AM IST | | Agencies
The August 2012 issue of Magazine Fuera de Serie, a supplement to Spanish newspaper Expansion, features the US First Lady's face superimposed over an 1800 female slave painting by French artist Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist.
Seated on a chair covered with the American Flag, right breast exposed, and wearing an Aunt Jemima headscarf, the image is part of a feature article examining Obama's popularity among the American public.
"Behind every great man there is a great woman [which best] describes the Obama marriage. In the shadow of the US president is a person whose popularity ratings exceed those of Barack's own. This person is none other than his wife Michelle," reads the roughly translated description for âMichelle Tataranieta De Esclava, Duena De America' (Michelle, Granddaughter Of A Slave. Lady Of America).
Artistic or offensive? u00a0A Spanish magazine photoshopped Michelle Obama's face on au00a0portrait done by painteru00a0Marie-Guillemine Benoist
The cover is part of a series depicting famous people nude and also features Princess Diana, Abraham Lincoln, and even Michelle's husband, Barack Obama.
Defending her artistic choice, French/English artist Karine Percheron-Daniels claims it gives the viewer a glimpse in to an âalternative unexpected reality' letting us âview famous individuals in a different way.'
