Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Spear of the Nation



JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A South African art gallery that displayed a controversial painting showing the country's president with his genitals exposed announced Tuesday it was closing its doors temporarily because of threats.
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Two men smeared paint on the artwork, which depicted President Jacob Zuma posed like Soviet leader V.I. Lenin with his pants unzipped and genitals exposed. The men were arrested and charged with malicious damage. – LA Times

ну и с места события, On the President, his penis, and bizarre attempts to censor a work of art.