Alt-Right Bro Praises ‘Western’ Sculpture, Gets Destroyed When it’s Actually By an Asian Artist
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By Ryan General
Back in October of last year, Ivan Throne, came across a beautiful work of art and decided to share it on Twitter.
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As he posted the image, he added his thoughts, polluting the artwork with his sexist and politically charged comment.
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In his caption and subsequent comments, Throne indicates he is initially under the assumption that only “men of the West” are able to create such brilliant sculptures.
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However, someone quickly pointed out that the sculpture was made neither by a man, or someone from the West. Twitter was quick to not let him forget about his mistake:
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The actual sculptor behind it is a female Chinese artist named Luo Li Rong who is known to create life-size bronze sculptures of women.
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A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts of Beijing, Luo is a renowned artist who showcased her sculpting prowess in the 2008 Olympics which featured her work.
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Twitter continued to exploit Throne’s humiliating blunder:
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And the burn sizzled on:
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However posted another tweet making it appear that he didn’t mess up the first time:
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…hinting that it was his intention to trigger SJWs all along:
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But no one was buying it:
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Feature image via instagram/luo_li_rong_art
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