Controversial Zuma Painting Divides South Africans
The controversial "Spear" painting depicting president Jacob Zuma with exposed genitals has divided the country's opinion on freedom of expression and the right to dignity.
President Jacob Zuma (file photo).
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South Africa:
In a Flurry Over Murray - Painting of Zuma Has South Africans in a Tizz
African Arguments, 24 May 2012
The recent uproar over Brett Murray's painting of South African President Jacob Zuma The Spear in his latest exhibition Hail to the Thief II at Johannesburg's posh Goodman Gallery… Read more »
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South Africa:
The Spear, the Prophet, 'Them' and 'Us'
Daily Maverick, 21 May 2012
It was bound to cause a storm. The image of President Jacob Zuma in a Soviet-style stance, his genitalia exposed. What it really showed was exactly how divided we still are, which… Read more »
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South Africa:
The President's Penis
SACSIS, 21 May 2012
Over the past eighteen months there have been enough "Kaffir" slips of the tongue, from different echelons of White society, to prove that racism is alive and well and living on… Read more »
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South Africa:
Painting Debate Will Test Our Democracy
Daily Maverick, 21 May 2012
For a week, South Africans have been huffing and puffing about the president's depiction in Brett Murray's artwork, The Spear. Tomorrow, the matter comes before a judge and one of… Read more »