Nude President Bush Painting Pulled From Museum

[LTR]

This will give the freeps hard-ons!

:hi:

http://www.wftv.com/news/3799845/detail.html

WASHINGTON -- A nude painting of President George W. Bush is a little too funky for the "Funky Furniture" exhibit.

The City Museum of Washington had scheduled a "living room art" exhibition called "Funky Furniture." A cartoonish painting, called "Man of Leisure, King George," showed a nude President George W. Bush reclining on a couch with his head propped up by pillows. It's a take-off on Manet's Impressionist masterpiece, "Olympia."

Instead of the female servant who stands behind Olympia's couch, a man in suit and tie resembling Vice President Dick Cheney stands nearby, holding a cushion with a crown and a miniature oil rig on top of it.

In addition to the Bush painting, the exhibit included a decorated church pew with pictures and writing that accused former President Reagan of ignoring the AIDS crisis and an end table decorated with drug paraphernalia with a quote from former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry, who was jailed for drug possession.

But museum officials have pulled the plug on the entire exhibition. They said theirs is a history not an art museum.



WASHINGTON -- Washington artist Kayti Didriksen's painting "Man of Leisure, King George" depicts President Bush in the well-known style of Manet's "Olympia", as he is presented with his crown by a depiction of Vice President Dick Cheney. The cartoonish painting has been taken down from the wall at the City Museum of Washington, awaiting a more welcoming venue. (10/11/04 AP photo)

[sherilocks]

1. What's underneath the hand?

Obviously not much.

[Vanje]

2. Thanks! Mr Rove!

This censored painting has been most e-mailed photo on Yahoos news site for the past week.
Millions who might never have heard of this painting, now have the chance to see it.

I certainly am enjoying it.

Thanks Mr Rove!

[cheshire]

3. This is a childish paint job and an ass subject. No wonder the pulled it.