The Pink Series of “fabulous” depictions of tyrants, dictators and popes” Portraits by Scott Scheidly

Have you seen Hitler dressed in pink and purple with loads of bling??.
Well, artist Scott Scheidly of Florida, USA, had developed portraits for four notorious or influential public figures of the 20th century  with an emphasis on their more feminine sides. Adolf Hitler, Kim Jong-Il, Joseph Stalin and Pope John Paul II have all been re-imagined in shades of pink and purple and outfitted with accessories such as dangling earrings, jeweled uniforms and details of leopard print scarves, heart pins, flowers and unicorns.
The Pink series is the artist's painted reinterpretation of these feared/revered patriarchs as he substitutes their hyper-masculine attire with objects, symbols and colors that are considered hyper-feminine.


However, the viewer may recall the horrible achievements of these men when gazing upon their likeliness and portrait that has marked history, Scheidly's painted series attempts to highlight the single dimensionality of a lone, patriarchic person in power that has subjected millions of people to their tyrannic rule without breaking their starkly masculine exterior and by introducing their undeniable humanity or duality in giving each of these male figures of power a pink layer of feminimity to contrast their typical tyrant, dictator and pope portrayal.


I could imagine having one of these portraits in my living room. What a clever approach.
From Hitler’s pink armband to Kim Jong Ill’s heart shaped glasses, Scheidly’s work casts some of history’s most notorious characters in a new light rife with suggestion and commentary on masculinity, power, and satire.
You can also find extra info about the “fabulous” depictions of tyrants, dictators and popes” at Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco.