Market forces go ape over Bush portrait. (The Age / Larry Fine )

From the article: “Bush Monkeys, a small acrylic on canvas by Chris Savido, created the stir at the Chelsea Market public space, leading the market’s managers to close down the 60-piece show that was scheduled to stay open for the next month.

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“We had tons of people, like more than 2000 people, show up for the opening on Thursday night,” said show organiser Bucky Turco. “Then this manager saw the piece and the guy just kind of flipped out. ‘The show is over. Get this work down or I’m gonna arrest you’, he said. It’s been kind of wild.”“

The likeness of George Bush when viewed form close up can be seen to be made up of a number of monkeys swimming in a marsh. Pictured below if the painting and its creator, Christopher Savido.



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