Dec 13
Sponsors get angry with anti-Bush award-winning “art”
“A Northern California artist is standing by his award-winning drawing blaming President Bush for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — even after it was labeled ‘hate speech’ and pulled from an exhibit over ‘insurance issues.’ ... Chuck Bowden’s drawing, ‘The Tactics of Tyrants Are Always Transparent,’ won second place in the Redwood Art Association’s annual fall exhibit …. In the 11-inch-by-14-inch drawing, a crown and halo-topped Bush stands on a grave, his hand dripping with blood as bodies fall to the ground from the World Trade Center towers in the distance. ... the work upset at least one sponsor, who rescinded $300 in prize money for Bowden’s piece and called the work ‘hate speech.’” (12/12/03)
Via: Rational Review
