Nude Bush painting removed from museum display

From CNEWS courtesy of J. Orlin Grabbe:

A cartoonish painting of President George W. Bush in the nude has been taken down from the wall at the City Museum of Washington.

The picture, called Man of Leisure, King George, adopts the pose of a famous Impressionist painting, Edouard Manet's Olympia, that scandalized Paris in 1863, and now hangs in the Gare d'Orsay Museum in Paris.

The painting by Washington artist Kayti Didriksen, shows a caricature of Bush, reclining in the nude on a chaise lounge, his head propped up by pillows.

Instead of the female servant who stands behind Olympia's couch, a man in suit and tie resembling Vice-President Dick Cheney stands nearby, holding a cushion with a crown and a miniature oil rig on top of it.

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From what I can tell, this doesn't really fall into the category of sinister, political censorship, or any other kind of censorship for that matter; it's just a communication screw-up. However, it certainly is worth noting. I mean, this is a pretty funny painting, if you ask me.

Man of Leisure, King George




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