Pics of young jacob zuma painting
Pics of young jacob zuma painting
South African Artist Showcases Controversial Jacob Zuma ...!
The Spear (painting)
Satirical painting by Brett Murray
The Spear is a 2010 painting by Cape Town-based South African artist Brett Murray.
Put on public display in 2012, it depicts the then South African President Jacob Zuma, his genitals revealed, in a standing pose reminiscent of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin.[2] The painting triggered a defamation lawsuit by Zuma's party, the African National Congress (ANC).
The ANC's public condemnation of the painting and vandalism upon it brought widespread local and international attention to the painting, where otherwise it may have remained a relatively obscure piece of work.
Exhibition
The painting was one of the pieces of artist Brett Murray's Hail to the Thief II exhibition in the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, which opened on 10 May 2012.[3] Inspiration was drawn from the Russian artist Viktor Semyonovich Ivanov's poster Lenin Lived, Lenin Is Alive, Lenin Will Live.[4] The exhibi