As this is a work of art, there is no chance that any half decent judge would grant the orders requested by the ANC, first, because there is no law that prohibits an artist from making such a portrait and second, because if there were such a law it would be unconstitutional. That is why I have taken the liberty to reproduce the artwork here and why I have invited my readers to distribute it widely. There is no place in our democracy for this kind of Christian Nationalist-like moral outrage and the concomitant attempts at censorship of artistic expression.All the ANC has done is to make themselves (and our President) the laughing stock of the country. In fact, if I was a conceptual artist I would have taken the ANC statement, superimposed it over the ANC logo, and framed it before asking the Goodman Gallery whether it wanted to display my work of art. My work would be humorous, yes, but would also make an important point about artistic expression. I am sure I could have gotten a few thousand Rand for it, too.
via constitutionallyspeaking.co.za
The quote above comes from Pierre de Vos. I do recommend that you read the whole post. I think the image is slightly disappointing in that it doesn't look like Zoomer enough.
By the way - I believe that Zuma is a scourge worse than fronting and am a huge supporter of ABZ. In fact, if showerhead is booted out I'll join the ANC.
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