Spanish mag pictures Michelle Obama as a topless slave

Spanish magazine Fuera de Serie has triggered a huge controversy by portraying First Lady of United States Michelle Obama as a black slave on the cover of its latest edition.

Zeenews Bureau

Madrid: Spanish magazine Fuera de Serie has triggered a huge controversy by portraying First Lady of United States Michelle Obama as a black slave on the cover of its latest edition.

The photoshopped image in the August 2012 issue of Magazine Fuera de Serie, a supplement to Spanish newspaper Expansion, features the First Lady`s face superimposed over an 1800 female slave painting by French artist Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist.

Seated on a chair covered with the American Flag, right breast exposed, and wearing an Aunt Jemina headscarf, the image is part of a feature article examining Mrs. Obama`s popularity among the American public.

The text reads, “Michelle Granddaughter of a Slave, Lady of America.”

According to Clutch Magazine, the cover is part of a series depicting famous people nude and also features Princess Diana, Abraham Lincoln, and even Michelle`s husband, Barack Obama, the Daily Mail reported.

Defending her artistic choice, French/English artist Karine Percheron-Daniels claims it gives the viewer a glimpse in to an "alternative unexpected reality" letting us "view famous individuals in a different way."

(With Agencies Inputs)

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