{"id":4926,"date":"2017-11-26T03:01:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T03:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2017-11-26T03:01:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T03:01:54","slug":"anti-vogue-everyman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=4926","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Vogue Everyman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Court Painter’s new video an attempt to cast him as an anti-Vogue everyman: strategists<\/h1>\n

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Celebrity portraitist Court Painter introduced himself to art enthusiasts of the Great Dominion this week in a glamour-free video depicting the spry septuagenarian as a very average guy. According to \u00a0A Hardon MacKay Press Attache and strategist, ‘dorky and likeable is just what the Court Painter needs to enhance his brand and sales.’<\/p>\n

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To underscore his ordinariness he faked a Time cover as a joke,was photographed with federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer doing the Hokey Pokey, and convinced Washington insider Kellyanne Conway to accompany him as eye candy in a yet to be named \u00a0photo essay,<\/p>\n

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\u201cCourt Painter is aware Vogue<\/em> magazine is never going to pay money to photograph him again ; being \u00a0a slightly dorky extremely nice guy and it\u2019s always easy to make fun of an extremely dorky guy and if people of discernment learn his name, the video is working,\u201d said Press Attache AHM. With his words AHM was contrasting Court Painter’s modesty to his chief rival Calgary artist C.C. (name available upon request) whose just dyeing to be \u00a0on the cover of Vogue<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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But if People<\/em> magazine\u2019s latest choice for its \u2018Sexiest Man Alive\u2019 is any indication, chuckled out of work faux fur clad communications \u00a0strategist A Girl Named Robin. “Court Painter might just land himself a cover spot one day.”<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think there\u2019s a turning point now,\u201d continued A Girl Named Robin, tongue placed firmly-in-cheek which made her look real odd. A Hardon MacKay did not find it funny and stood up for Court Painter,”He’s the plain Jane of the plains portrait painters… plain and simple.”<\/p>\n

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In the video, Court Painter is seen walking in circles in his Inglewood studio , wearing an untucked, slightly rumpled, plaid hipster shirt, something borrowed something blue and a stern expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi, I\u2019m Court Painter,\u201d he says before approaching his studio assistants arranged neatly on the floor. \u201cHi guys,\u201d he says before they scramble away .<\/p>\n

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Some on social media were quick to poke fun of the video. A political art strategist \u00a0tweeted: \u201cNot to be critical of this TV ad or anything, but Court Painter looks like somebody just dragged him off the casting couch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another fashion critic said she watched the ad more than once. Her initial reaction? \u201cOh my god \u2026not plaid! puleeze!\u201d<\/p>\n

After a second viewing, she said, she understood the intent of the ad was anti-glamour. \u201cThis is what a real person looks like in a very basic, non-manufactured ad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo meet Court Painter is to know he\u2019s a pretty dull but decent, average guy,\u201d said AHM. \u201cSo to point a camera at \u00a0Court Painter \u2026 there\u2019s not a lot of strategy. He\u2019s banking on the fact that if you meet him, you like him and will give him a cig.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another mouthy strategist , said the ad reminded him of C.C. (name available upon request) in his early days.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not sizzle and flash, it\u2019s, \u2018Here\u2019s who I am. This is what I\u2019m about and I\u2019m not threatening,’\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big thing for art leaders, particularly Calgary ones, who people murmur about having socially conservative art views to demonstrate they\u2019re not threatening.”<\/p>\n

\u201cCourt Painter’s untucked plaid hipster shirt is C.C’s(name available upon request) black T shirt… period! Whether it has the same effect over time, we shall see.\u201d<\/p>\n

So is Court Painter trying too hard to appear unthreatening?<\/p>\n

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A Hardon MacKay butted in and said those who know Court Painter might think he\u2019s \u201coverdoing\u201d average, but it still might put tattoo artists at ease. He said the ad introduces him to people in the art world who don\u2019t know him and to those who have heard him described as \u201cCran-lite\u201d.<\/p>\n

AHM went on to say that Court Painter is taking advantage of a huge strategic error on C.C’s part \u2014 leaving the\u00a0perception through his botched hipster fashion rollout that he’s going after the high roller nitch art market.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile CC (name available upon request) is \u00a0trying to fix those things, the damage is done. Meanwhile, the spotlight is on the uber wealthy art collectors and their efforts to avoid paying tax or declaring their assets,\u201d AHM added with a populist sneer!<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is the best moment to distinguish Court Painter from CC (name available upon request) and the international high roller art scene…..Court Painter is wise to take advantage while the issues are timely and expectations are low.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Court Painter’s new video an attempt to cast him as an anti-Vogue everyman: strategists Celebrity portraitist Court Painter introduced himself to art enthusiasts of the Great Dominion this week in a glamour-free video depicting the spry septuagenarian as a very average guy. According to \u00a0A Hardon MacKay Press Attache and strategist, ‘dorky and likeable is … Continue reading “Anti-Vogue Everyman”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4926"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5048,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions\/5048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}