The infamous Jacob Zuma painting

[tec0]

Imagine for a moment the painting is still new and being showed. The painting name proudly displayed. Now people look at it and see "someone" and they say this is "someone" hanging brain.

Then the media comes and add fuel to the story hoping to start something big so that they can get exclusives and so on. The title ends up " this is "someone" with their genitals exposed." This "someone" then runs to court screaming "violation this and bla bla bla"

Ok now the artist walked in the court room and is asked "Why did you paint this horrible picture of "someone"
Artist reply: I did not, the painting is named "its name" and it shows a "nameless person with his genitals exposed" It is symbolic for this and that reason. I never said it was this "someone" you are talking about you made your own conclusions.

Now if that was the case and the artist played the game intelligently the painting would still be up and so on and so forth…

Always remember people see what they want to see.

Just a thought.

[Blurock]

I’m honesty plain fed up with the following rhetoric. The Blacks this, the Whites that. Actions of individuals are attributed to entire racial groups! The parties on this matter remain Bret Murray, The Goodman gallery and the City Press. Entire racial groups cannot be implicated in any act or ommission by these parties!

“In April 2011 Afriforum brought a case of hate speech against Malema in regard to the song and several notable ANC figures such as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and secretary-general Gwede Mantashe threw their weight behind him in the court battle.”

We must all work together regardless of our race and religion to defeat the ghosts of our Apartheid past! When individuals engage in any conduct that may be deemed as racist, dialogue and/or legal action should be directed at that specific individual and not an entire racial group.

The actions of the ANC and their alliance partners have exposed them for the racist that they are. I agree that we should think before opening our mouths. We should rather act in the interest of this beautiful country than to promote political parties and splinter groups for self interest. Some of these politicians makes me ashamed to be a South African.

[Mike C]

I am not wanting to add fuel to the fire, but here is a painting by Ayanda Mabulu *titled *Ngcono *ihlwempu kunesibhanxa *sesityebi (Better poor than a rich *puppet). In this work, Jacob Zuma is depicted with his exposed penis supported by a crutch

As the nation’s blood boiled over Brett Murray’s painting in which President Jacob Zuma’s “genitals” were exposed, similarly shocking work by another artist has been ignored.

Ayanda Mabulu, a Cape Town-based artist, has been producing far more harrowing works since 2010.

One of his paintings that caught the public eye last week is titled Ngcono ihlwempu kunesibhanxa sesityebi (Better poor than a rich puppet).

It depicts a group of South African leaders alongside American presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush.

In this work, Jacob Zuma is depicted with his exposed penis supported by a crutch, apparently to symbolise the frequency of Zuma’s sexual behaviour.

Other nude figures include a reclining Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, whose genitals are also exposed.

There’s also a pig waving the apartheid-era South African flag.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and a chimpanzee are also included in the composition.

You can google the artists name for more info.

[adrianh]

@MikeC - A black artits painted JZ's tottie...Now lets see them march!

[Phil Cooper]

The controversial painting has now been defaced.

2 guys (a white & a black) were arrested.

The ANC’s court case is going ahead on Thursday 24 May to force the gallery to remove the artwork.

- A 17 year-old mentally challenged girl was gang raped & the video went viral. No one marched.
- An 8-year-old girl was raped by a 15 year-old boy & her eyes gouged out. No one marched.
- Entire provinces are without school text books - it’s almost June. No one marched.
- Our imminent police chief is a gangster & has brought our police service to its knees. No one marched.
- Our country has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. No one marched.
- Our democracy is going down the toilet but no one marches.

But our country goes hysterical over a painting! We threaten lawsuits, protests & violent reprisals.

Where are our priorities???

What are we thinking??????!!!!

We have now proven beyond doubt that our collective mentality doesn’t rise above the waist.

[AndyD]

The gallery has decided not to rehang the painting and to remove its image from their website. The ANC has expressed their satisfaction.

[vieome]

The spear has been bought by a German art collector SABC

[vieome]

And now the memes http://mg.co.za/multimedia/2012-05-2...-of-the-nation

[wynn]

And if the owner takes the painting to Germany and you want to view it you will have to trace the spoor of the 'spear'

[Just Gone]

Just to change the topic slightly .................. How about the mother that made a hoax phone call yesterday saying there was a bomb aboard the flight that her daughter was going to take to George ! ?????