Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Jacob Zuma's Spear

The man...


http://www.peanutbutterandjam.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/zuma.jpg


The painting that caused the uproar...


http://www.timeslive.co.za/Feeds/Reuters_Images/2012/05/22/18-05-2012-15-05-03-212mdf22312.jpg/RESIZED/Small/18-05-2012-15-05-03-212mdf22312.jpg


The artist’s inspiration...


http://mype.co.za/new/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Jacob_Zuma_The_Spear.jpg


Any excuse to get off work...


http://in2eastafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ANC-supporters-demonstrate-outside-the-Johannesburg-court-in-support-of-Jacob-Zuma.jpg


The Zapiro interpretation...


https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/576973_10150829006492183_549162182_9588517_1316061912_n.jpg


Pricasso never got in trouble for his ‘method’ of painting Zuma...


http://i.ytimg.com/vi/d3vBQvvU2zw/0.jpg


The defacing starts...


A man paints a cross on a painting by artist Brett Murray of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma at a gallery in Johannesburg


And yet further (no face, no ‘spear’ – now we will never know who it is!)...


A defaced painting by artist Brett Murray of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma hangs on a wall at a gallery in Johannesburg


Zapiro hits the nail on the head yet again...


http://www.zapiro.com/Cartoons/m_120522tt.jpg


And a final word from Nando’s...


http://www.socialyz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/nandos-zuma-advert-211x300.jpg