LONDON – Republicans are not happy about a collage portrait of George W. Bush, created entirely out of clippings from porn magazines. Artist Jonathen Yeo created the controversial work — which is currently on display at a gallery in London — after the Bush Library in Texas canceled a commission it had given him to paint a portrait of the President.
A spokesman for Republicans Abroad International described the portrait, titled “Bush 2007,” as a “cheap stunt” in an interview with the British newspaper, The Sun.
“This picture is very distasteful," a spokesman for the Republican Party in Texas, told The Sun. "Why would anyone want to make a picture of our president from pornographic material?”
“I did it for fun, not to offend,” Yeo told The Sun of his creation. “[I’m] pleased with it."
Yeo has previously been commissioned to do the portraits of other high ranking political figures, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, with which no porn was involved.
The work is available in a limited edition run of 150 prints from London's Lazarides Gallery.
