Publication: South Africa Star

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Goodman Gallery wouldn’t hang such a painting of a white leader

An event has happened upon which it is difficult to speak but impossible to keep silent. In Tunisia a young man who felt there was very little to live for committed suicide and after his burial a head of state for more than 20 years lost his job and was ... [ Published May 25 2012 by South Africa Star ]

Entities: John Vorster, Civil Unrest, Tunisia, Suicide

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Jacob Zuma

Painting is disrespectful to Zuma and public

I write as an apolitical human being, Christian and black African to comment on Brett Murray’s now defaced The Spear.From both a biblical and historical perspective, I argue that in its evocation of the stories of Shem, Ham and Saartjie Baartman, the ... [ Published May 25 2012 by South Africa Star ]

Entities: Saartjie Baartman, Jacob Zuma, Brett Murray, Adam and Company

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Far from satire, Zuma painting is simply bad art

I would like to respond to Mr Luther Lebelo’s letter, headlined "Neutrality in the face of injustice is betrayal" (The Star, May 22).Lebelo must not assume that the absence of complaints reflects neutrality.I agree with Jenni Raath’s letter, "Knowing ... [ Published May 24 2012 by South Africa Star ]

Entities: Neutrality

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Desmond Tutu

Cape artist despairs for ‘illiterate’ ...

Kwanele Butanakwanele.butana@inl.co.zaA CAPE Town artist has slammed the ANC for its "dark and illiterate" reaction to Brett Murray’s portrait The Spear – which depicts President Jacob Zuma with his genitals bared.Satirical artist Ayanda Mabulu, who also ... [ Published May 23 2012 by South Africa Star ]

Entities: Jacob Zuma, Brett Murray, Desmond Tutu, Robert Mugabe, Leonardo Da Vinci

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Gallery: Zuma painting saga goes to court

ANC supporters show their support for President Zuma outside the Johannesburg High Court. The court will hear an application by the ANC to compel the Goodman Gallery to take down a 1.85m-high painting titled "The Spear". Photo: Barry McCallum, IOL ANC ... [ Published May 23 2012 by South Africa Star ]

Entities: Johannesburg

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

There is no art to humiliation

The furore about the too private and yet not private enough Zuma painting by Brett Murray in the Goodman Gallery has interesting parallels with the Reitz Four happening at the Bloemfontein university. Then the four students were found guilty of "illegally ... [ Published May 22 2012 by South Africa Star ]

Entities: Brett Murray, Malfeasance, Bloemfontein

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Helen Zille

Painting amounts to abuse of free spee...

When the noble liberal tenets embraced in our magnificent constitutional charter get abused so that items meant to protect civil liberties reap a destructive swathe of societal terrorism on our democracy, then it is opportune for some urgent introspection ... [ Published May 22 2012 by South Africa Star ]

Entities: Abuse, Helen Zille, Julius Malema, Hate Speech, Jacob Zuma