A 7-foot high painting of a crucified David Beckham by artist Johnny Cotter hung outside his gallery in Kent, England, prompted a local to call the police after deciding it was offensive. Two officers visited the gallery on Sunday to check out the work, which went up before Christmas, but later decided not to ask Cotter to take it down.
The painting depicts Davey as a Christ-like figure crucified in a translucent, skin-tight England shirt with a dollar bill above his halo and crown of thorns. The current World Cup trophy and the old Jules Rimet trophy sit beneath his feet, splattered with blood.
As you can imagine, the police visit sparked by a single complainer hasn't exactly hurt Cotter's business.
From Kent Online:
But once word of the police visit spread, Mr Cotter’s Facebook page was deluged with messages of support and talk of a campaign to keep the picture.
“I am relieved this has now rather petered out,” said Mr Cotter.
“The picture has become a bit of a local landmark and we have had people stopping to take photographs of it.”
The Beckham is called Let Me Listen to Me and Not to Them and was done by Mr Cotter to illustrate the dilemmas between lifestyle and life goals.
He was inspired after hearing that more people knew of the footballer than Jesus. The original art work was sold to Boy George.
First off, I think L.A. Galaxy fans will agree that "Let Me Listen to Me and Not to Them" is perhaps the most appropriate title of a painting ever. Secondly, of course Boy George bought it. Of course.
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