Art Censored in America

[Ivo Skoric]

An electronic billboard at the entrance to New York City's Holland 
Tunnel to New Jersey, December 22, 2004 with an image of a painted 
portrait of U.S. President George W. Bush with a 'Censored in NY' 
banner over it is projected. More than 400,000 drivers are expected 
to see the billboard each day for the next month.

Painted by artist Christopher Savido, the work 'Bush Monkeys,'
painted using monkeys to form the image, was banished from an art 
show in New York last week: a small acrylic on canvas created the
stir last week at the Chelsea Market public space, leading the 
market's`managers to close down the 60-piece show.

It was originally priced at $3,500 in the show's catalog. Presently, 
it is auctioned on Ebay with part of the proceeds donated to the 
artist' 'Art for Armor' cause to help parents of U.S. soldiers
wishing to supply their sons and daughters with body armor in Iraq.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1214-03.htm

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