The New Spear

[tsume]

"We condemn this painting in the strongest terms. Any portrayal of President Zuma in this way is disrespectful," ANC spokesperson Keith Khoza told the Mail & Guardian. "It makes a mockery of the president's office, his status as a father and a husband, and is an absolute abuse of the arts."

Ayanda Mabulu's painting Umshini Wam (Weapon of Mass Destruction), currently on display at the AVA Gallery in Cape Town, depicts Zuma in traditional Zulu garb with his right leg raised and pointing forward, exposing his genitalia and part of the presidential buttocks.

http://mg.co.za/article/2012-08-28-abuse-of-the-arts-anc-bristles-at-umshini-wam

It's blurred out but the image is still NSFL
http://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/2070/bf1ae5479e414b4dbd6122fe35998e5e.jpg

Edit: I had searched for the thread but some how missed it . Can a mod merge this thread with this one
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...Another-painting-with-Zuma-s-genitals-exposed

 

[satanboy]

It is stupid.

 

[Geriatrix]

It is stupid.

+1

 

[FNfal]

Is this the way people seek attention ?? :wtf:
This kind of shyt is just causing racial tension ,,enough already.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Is this the way people seek attention ?? :wtf:
This kind of shyt is just causing racial tension ,,enough already.

It's a painting of a black man by a black man. Racial tension?

Frankly, the more of this the better. It's about time people in South Africa get over their ridiculous sensibilities.

 

[entrepr]

I wonder if Mr Mantashe will make another anti-white tirade this time, as he blatantly did for the crowds at the last protest over a painting.

 

[AfricanTech]

Welcome to a constitutional democracy - the more of these kinds of paintings the better so that public figures can learn to get over themselves.

The fact that is pretty ugly is irrelevant - you want a free society - this is what you get.

 

[CeeBee]

is it strange how artists want to portray JZ in this way?
if the ANC want to stop artists portraying JZ in an exposed, 'undignified' manner they should start with JZ himself
If you live your life in an undignified manner, 'exposing' your self to the nation through your actions, then don't complain if people see you like that.
that goes for any man.... didnt yo mama teach you that?