by Colman
Wed Mar 25th, 2009 at 11:11:16 AM EST
An anonymous artist hung two portraits of An Taoiseach Brian Cowen (informally known as "Biffo" - Big Ignorant Fucker From Offaly) in Dublin galleries last week in a guerilla action.
All very amusing, though it's not clear to me what political point the artist was trying to make.
The government reaction has been less amusing: first, the national broadcaster was pressured into dropping a TV news item about the paintings because the government considered them "disrespectful" (they should hear what's being said about them now) and secondly the Gardai (police) have visited a local radio station in order to track down the artist because “the powers that be want action taken”. Apparently they intend cautioning him or her for " incitement, indecency and criminal damage - for hammering a nail into the wall of the National Gallery".
Inciting whom to what, I wonder?
