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Michael Jackson's Creepy Painting Revealed

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

Michael Jackson

nypost.com:

In a 1999 painting he commissioned, Michael Jackson strikes the same pose as Michelangelo's statue of David with rippling abs, bulging pecs and smooth, marble-white skin -- surrounded by a bevy of male cherubs.

The work, by artist David Nordahl, is just one of hundreds of private portraits the Gloved One ordered up over the years that depict him in an idealized light. They were revealed last week in a book about Jackson's life.

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In a 1999 painting he commissioned, Michael Jackson strikes the same pose as Michelangelo's statue of David with rippling abs, bulging pecs and smooth, marble-white skin -- surrounded by a bevy of mal...
In a 1999 painting he commissioned, Michael Jackson strikes the same pose as Michelangelo's statue of David with rippling abs, bulging pecs and smooth, marble-white skin -- surrounded by a bevy of mal...
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