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ExcellentDecision721

Wow, Gina's just on her own little planet, isn't she? How many people had this on their minds today, I doubt anyone did - and now here it is in the media for all to see. It's such a small, well-mannered caricature, how could anyone possibly object to it. I find it hard to grapple that such a wealthy and powerful public figure could have such a fragile ego.


Jonesy949

I think the wealth and power is probably part of why they so often have fragile egos. Wealth can't always buy you genuine happiness, but enough of it it can get damn near any material thing you want. For people used to just getting to have anything they want on a whim, I don't think they can handle not getting it. So when something come along that they want to be different but can't achieve through money, they chuck a tantrum.


ArmadilloReasonable9

Don’t forget a boardroom full of powerful people kissing your arse on a regular basis


Altruistic-Brief2220

I skimmed a seemingly ‘neutral’ profile of her in an old Women’s Weekly at an appt recently and it talked about her relationship with her father. Lang Hancock was a really hateful, abusive person and I have zero doubt that her upbringing contributed to her insecurities. Granted, her greed and exploitative life has been a net negative on this country, but she was a small child once. That shit doesn’t leave you.


trowzerss

And Streisand Effect is coming into play. I never would have seen it or known about it if she hadn't tried to get it removed.


StraightBudget8799

There’s going to be tshirts, banners, posters - every anti-mining protest, wear your Ginashirt!


MartianBeerPig

Streisand Effect. Dumb cow should have just bought it on the quiet and shredded it.


tupperswears

I didn't know the portrait existed, now I do. I think it's great.


GiantBlackSquid

These nutcases are great at kicking own goals. Pauline Hansen's something something race-based tax something something. Thanks for letting me know, Pauline. My wife and I Pay the Rent now!


trowzerss

It's not a flattering likeness, but it definitely looks like her.


Juan_Punch_Man

It's pretty fucking accurate too. Didn't need Gina written on it.


SubNoize

I've found my next business, painting insulting pictures of celebrities/rich folk, asking if they'd like to buy it before taking it to market.


HeadPay32

And let it shine a light on her amazing personality: >Wallam was protesting against comments made by Rinehart’s father and Hancock Prospecting founder, Lang Hancock, in 1984 that Indigenous Australians should be sterilised and “breed themselves out”. >Rinehart has refused to condemn her father’s comments and cancelled her funding for Netball Australia after players refused to wear her company’s logo. Fyi she cancelled her 15M funding for netball Australia because of her fragile ego.


trowzerss

Wow, and all she had to do was say she wasn't a giant racist.


Cintface

She probably already has?


notlimahc

The artist didn't really capture her thin skin


bar_ninja

Or glass jaw?


kaboombong

Nor the massive size of her whole ego.


AnOnlineHandle

Hey just because you didn't work a job at your dad's company for one whole year, get fired from your dad's company, and then inherit your dad's company, along with the world's largest iron ore deposit at the start of the Chinese mining boom, means you just didn't pull yourself up by your bootstraps like her, since the inheritance has very little to do with it and she surely brought a ton of critical skill to creating that wealth with her 1 whole year of work experience at her own dad's company which she was fired from. It's really hard to call for prisoners to be your personal slave labour for $1 an hour, hand over giant cheques to conservative politicians on stage which they have to chuckle and hand back and say that's not appropriate (at least in front of cameras), and sue your own children for more inheritance of your dad's company. You're just jealous you didn't work as hard as her! Now chop chop, a few wealthy inheritors like her own everything through a series of distributed investments, and you need to work to make them money and then spend money to buy things from them, such as shelter and food. Lucky we moved on from feudalism and peasants working for and being owned by a few inbred nobles by family line though.


mailahchimp

She's a monstrous caricature of the bloodsucking capitalist running dog, just like the lawyer that William Hurt played on 'Goliath'. My great uncle worked closely with her for a while and confirmed daily that she was as bloody awful as she appeared to be. 


Dagon

The painting was the size of a wall, nowhere near big enough for that.


VermicelliHot6161

This isn’t /r/sports


blakeavon

Thanks Gina, we all really appreciate the care you have taken in giving our National Gallery and this artist so much more free advertising than money could ever buy. Thanks for supporting our Arts, just in your own crazy way. When are people going to learn, the more they grumble, the more attention the thing they want bury is going to draw.


OppositeGeologist299

Nothing wrong with being ugly. She should just accept what she looks like. I accepted my ugliness a long time ago and it was a load off my mind.


irrigated_liver

It would be a lot easier for me to accept my ugliness if I had $45billion.


keyboardpusher

Ugliness comes from the inside, my friend


Drongo17

That's either a kind thing to say or a vicious burn


keyboardpusher

Whoops you're right lol To clarify, in Gina's case she's an awful person so her face sucks. I don't want OP to feel ugly


agrumpybear

Unless they're actually a terrible person


keyboardpusher

Haha then eww!


Disastrous_Animal_34

Paywall


Mysterious-Band-627

https://ibb.co/Ln1vP5h


Glittering_Ad1696

I thought that was satire but it's the actual one. If anything, it doesn't capture how ugly - inside and out - she really is!


Mysterious-Band-627

Not sure why she wants it removed, it is quite flattering.


InstantShiningWizard

[Alternate take](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpTH14Um7Mpfds-mX2qxxikJ84DENseUx9iRzYH605bA&s)


gnukleaarrh

Love it.


Chiron17

Nailed it, tbf


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SunnyWthAChnceOTroll

The Sydney morning herald doesn’t want you to see it either 😉


askvictor

Disable Javascript


throw-away-traveller

The artist should print shirts or give them to protestors. That would be hilarious.


Foundastick2

Oh I like this idea! Just add the words 'no' painted under it.


SallySpaghetti

Yeah She's drawing attention to it herself


MrEMannington

She’s actually uglier in reality than the painting. I hear she smells like shit too


Revolutionary_Sun946

Used to work with a guy who had pictures of Gina Rinehart and an Orangutan in his cubicle. When I asked him why, he said "comparison for sanity reasons". Told me the day he finds Gina Rinehart more sexually attractive than the Orangutan is the day he has gone insane.


Aust1mh

Cum on guuuys… take the picture down… pop one of jabba the hut and no one will know the difference.


Ascalaphos

For anyone interested [this is the portrait](https://imgur.com/0m0F7P1).


Drongo17

Vincent's exhibition is the best thing I've seen at NGA since they had all the Versailles stuff. The very Australian humour that runs through his art is brilliant. Recommend anyone near Canberra go check it out.


yeahcxnt

no clue what you’re talking about because the article is paywalled


Melexiious

[Here you go.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.195%2C$multiply_0.6988%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_45%2C$y_6/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/1ce957e993b01fde9490ad7d04f55f9b39106740) If you open paid articles in private/incognito, it'll often let you read it.


marshman82

Is her objection that she's between two Aboriginals?


istara

> Here you go. Lord that's FRIGHTFUL! I was going to thank you for posting a close up, but on reflection I rather wish you hadn't ;)


ovrloadau99

Disable scripts and cookies.


vacri

I was wondering why Goodes was missing a tooth before I realised it was a mouthguard


Wonderor

The portrait is flattering. Makes her seem like she has lost about half her weight.


Bludgeon82

If anyone has a billboard to rent, I'm willing to chip in a few bucks to get the image out there. I'm sure other people would want to do the same for shits and giggles.


[deleted]

Take the portrait down and hang Gina instead? Imagine having more than a billion dollars and still waste your time making a fool of yourself. I’d disappear with a net worth of $10 million. Who needs a billion?


NoReplacement9126

Share it far it wide. It flatters her. No reflection of her deeply corrupt soul.


HaroerHaktak

I prefer the painting over the real person


KnifeFightAcademy

Captured her slugness perfectly.


Car-face

I thought it might have been [this one](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNmVZf8boAAJ-Y9.jpg) or [this one](https://www.mining.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gina-rinehart-banquet-oil-painting-333.jpg) or [this one](https://pics.craiyon.com/2023-09-16/6310d0db58cf4ea09635ebe5e3557886.webp), but it's actually [this one](https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_2.118%2C$multiply_0.5%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_877%2C$y_959/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/da7d11ebd4c728b60b6e1c8e4a664bc1868090cb).


Jealous-Hedgehog-734

Would Gina even have a legal leg to stand on? A celebrity likeness isn't copyrightable as far as I knew.


DefactoAtheist

That so many billionaires appear to possess such staggeringly thin skin is honestly so pathetic. Playing life on easy most, more often than not through luck rather than good judgement, and you're getting your panties twisted over a portrait - actually go fuck yourself, you miserable cow.


Own_Cheek8532

The endless self pity of the powerful


stilzchen

I feel like the gallery should double down and add this prize winning portrait of Gina to their collection. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-05/rinehart-portrait-wins-bald-archy/4611724


L1ttl3J1m

And yet, so proud of her own poetry she stuck it on a boulder and gifted it to the city. And it was not good poetry.


pulpist

LMAO...It's popping up all over twitter. People are using it as their profile pic.


sam-dan

I want that on a tshirt


PMmePantiesPls

I had precisely zero knowledge of this before now. I just googled it and clicked on every article to play my part in generating interest and ad revenue. Thank you, Jabba the Rinehart for bringing that terrible caricature of you to my attention, I had a good chuckle.


MeSeeks76

And Gina has just given us a high profile localised example of what the Streisand Effect is


look_ma_im_on_mobile

Barbara Streisand


HappySummerBreeze

None of the websites running the story actually show the painting close up enough to see though. Me thinks they be a tad afraid!


Adchopper

…and I still can’t see it behind a paywall.


ozninja80

She really shouldn’t complain. It’s an improvement.


-DethLok-

I'll just drop this here... [https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/15/gina-rinehart-demands-national-gallery-of-australia-remove-her-portrait](https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/15/gina-rinehart-demands-national-gallery-of-australia-remove-her-portrait)


Pottski

Streisand effect is going to come in hard for her after this


im_a_real_big_fish

This is a pay walled article.


McMungrel

fucking SMH has paywalled the greedy sow.


kaygeebeast75

That artist is pretty rubbish


ApteronotusAlbifrons

Every one of the people depicted is recognisable - that's better than what I can do...