January 10, 2004
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT TO GET US FOR MLK DAY:
Painting depicts Bush holding bin Laden's head (Laurence Wallace, 1/08/04, CNN)
A painting by controversial artist Scott LoBaido, part of a new exhibit at the National Arts Club, depicts President Bush holding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's severed head in one hand and an American flag in the other.Posted by Orrin Judd at January 10, 2004 6:40 PMThe painting, in which Bush is shown as a cavalry soldier, is titled "Have Faith."
LoBaido, 38, was arrested in 1999 after throwing horse manure at the exterior of the Brooklyn Museum of Art to protest its display of a painting of the Virgin Mary festooned with elephant dung.
"I'm expressing myself creatively," he said as police led him away that day.
Last year, LoBaido was arrested for hanging a large American flag on an awning outside the French Consulate as a sign of protest for what he considered France's contempt for the U.S.-led war in Iraq. He is on one-year probation.
Wow, thats better than getting W and Coulter action figures for Christmas.
Posted by: Buttercup at January 10, 2004 10:13 PMReplace the head in that picture with Saddam's and hang it from every balcony and parapet in Iraq. That'll let people know whos in charge.
Posted by: Karl at January 11, 2004 2:16 AMI don't know what this says about my psyche, but I thought the guy holding the head looked more like FDR than GWB. Osama I recognized instantly. Go figure.
Posted by: Random Lawyer at January 11, 2004 7:51 PMLooks like Patrick Henry to me.
Posted by: jim hamlen at January 11, 2004 11:11 PMLooks like Bush the Elder to me.
Posted by: J.H. at January 12, 2004 10:06 AM