Buck-naked Obama

There’s a new trend emerging in the world of fine art.

The nude portrait of the esteemed leader.

Galleries in both Canada and South Africa have been making a splash with this trend.  In Canada artist Margaret Sutherland has rendered an unclothed Stephen Harper in an oil-on-canvas titled “Emporer Haute Couture”.

While the title is a little heavy-handed, the Harper gang has thus far taken Ms. Sutherland’s artistic efforts with relatively good humor.

The Conservatives have nothing to hide, ha ha…

Meanwhile over in South Africa, a rendering of President Jacob Zuma with his schlong exposed is raising all sorts of controversy. The governing ANC is suing the artist over what it calls the “blatantly racist” painting.

Don’t know what artist Brett Murray was thinking when he called his work “Spear”… which makes Sutherlands choice of title quite subtle by comparison.

It’s not just the ANC that has their knickers knotted either. Today a couple of citizen art-critics entered the gallery and painted trousers on Zuma.

But this trend could go places. I’m waiting for a nude full frontal of  Angela Merkel. I’m thinking  “Die arrogante Kuh” might make a nice title.

And how about a buck-naked Obama, rendered in the style of Maplethorpe…

Possible titles?