Amy Sherald-I Painted Michelle Obama

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Performing Arts, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Amy Sherald painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama that’s hanging in the National Portrait Gallery. There’s an awesome story around how she got that commission and the artistic choices she made in making that painting. Amy was already a major portraitist before she met Michelle even though, just a few years ago, Amy was broke and wondering where her artistic career was going. She’s also got someone else’s heart inside of her thanks to a transplant that saved her life. She’s also a former rapper. And an all-around wonderful person. She’s an example of success coming to someone who believes in herself no matter what. I love this conversation. Toure Show Ep. 111 Original Air Date: Feb. 5, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	BAM, picture this! You're watching your favorite artist,
0:03.4	play. Not that artist!
0:05.4	Ha ha, yeah, that's you!
0:08.0	You look down at the red can in your hand, or is it?
0:11.4	No, it's a Pepsi Max.
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0:27.6	For verification go to Pepsi.
0:29.1	Go to Pepsi.
0:29.2	UK slash FAQ. The day the paintings were unveiled my mom called and she said I don't like the color of Michelle Obama's skin.
0:55.0	And I was like, that's what Amy Cheryl does.
0:57.8	And she's like, I don't like it.
0:59.8	And I'm like.
1:00.4	A lot of people did a lot of, I'd say a lot of black people didn't right so it so take me back to now I'm conceiving this and I'm gonna go with my skin choice that's why she me. I didn't force that on her. She knew
1:16.6	that you were going to give her that gray black. Absolutely. That's why I did you
1:21.7	talk about that choice specifically? You were like... like it wasn't even a real conversation it was like I like your work and I want you to be the one to paint me and I'm like well this is how I paint she's like that's what we want. They chose us for a reason. They
1:34.3	chose us because there's like this break in history right now. Yes. And everybody
1:39.2	needs to know this happen and these portraits have to be as special as the moment,
1:43.0	because they may not ever happen again.
1:45.0	I am so excited for this episode.
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