Bush World Update
A while back I posted about a piece of artwork—a portrait of George W. Bush, compose of tiny pictures of chimps—that got yanked from an art show in New York. Well, there’s been an update to the story, and the news is good.
A portrait of President Bush using monkeys to form his image that was banished from a New York art show last week amid charges of censorship was projected on a giant billboard in Manhattan on Tuesday.
“Bush Monkeys,” a small acrylic on canvas by Chris Savido, created the stir last week at the Chelsea Market public space, leading the market’s managers to close down the 60-piece show.
Animal Magazine, a quarterly arts publication that had organized the month-long show, said anonymous donors had paid for the picture to be posted on a giant digital billboard over the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, used by thousands of commuters traveling between Manhattan and New Jersey.
The original picture will be auctioned on eBay, with part of the proceeds donated to parents of U.S. soldiers wishing to supply their sons and daughters with body armor in Iraq.
Now that’s just beautiful. Nice to start off the day with a bit of good news.
Via No Capital.