Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
22nd May 2012, 16:11
controversial painting showing South Africa's President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out has been vandalised in an art gallery.
The BBC's Andrew Harding at the gallery in Johannesburg said two men covered the art work in black and red paint
It comes as the governing ANC was asking the High Court to force the Goodman Gallery to remove the painting.
The $14,000 (£9,000) 1.85m-high Soviet-style, red black and yellow acrylic painting had already been sold.
Called The Spear, the painting is by Brett Murray, who is known for his political and provocative work.
(more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18159204)
Public gallery, so fair enough? Or should it be allowed to be critiqued without actual defacement or banning, seeing as it's only crime is to mock a politician and show some cock and balls?
The BBC's Andrew Harding at the gallery in Johannesburg said two men covered the art work in black and red paint
It comes as the governing ANC was asking the High Court to force the Goodman Gallery to remove the painting.
The $14,000 (£9,000) 1.85m-high Soviet-style, red black and yellow acrylic painting had already been sold.
Called The Spear, the painting is by Brett Murray, who is known for his political and provocative work.
(more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18159204)
Public gallery, so fair enough? Or should it be allowed to be critiqued without actual defacement or banning, seeing as it's only crime is to mock a politician and show some cock and balls?