Bush Monkey Picture Shown on Giant NY Billboard

[cal04]

A portrait of President Bush (news - web sites) using monkeys to form his image that was banished from a New York art show last week amid charges of censorship was projected on a giant billboard in Manhattan on Tuesday. "Bush Monkeys," a small acrylic on canvas by Chris Savido, created the stir last week at the Chelsea Market public space, leading the market's managers to close down the 60-piece show.

Animal Magazine, a quarterly arts publication that had organized the month-long show, said anonymous donors had paid for the picture to be posted on a giant digital billboard over the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, used by thousands of commuters traveling between Manhattan and New Jersey. The original picture will be auctioned on eBay, with part of the proceeds donated to parents of U.S. soldiers wishing to supply their sons and daughters with body armor in Iraq (news - web sites).

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld came under fire from soldiers in Kuwait earlier this month who complained that they had to use scrap metal to armor their vehicles. "Many of my friends are over in Iraq," Savido said in a statement.

The painting offers a likeness of Bush but the image is made up of monkeys swimming in a marsh. It was originally priced at $3,500 in the show's catalog. Organizers expect more than 400,000 drivers to see the billboard each day for the next month.


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1896&u=/nm/20041221/us_nm/arts_bush_monkeys_dc_1&printer=1

[CatWoman]

1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:D

[TaleWgnDg]

131. Yup. How funny (and stupid to censor) can it get?

Yup. How funny (and stupid to censor) can it get?

. . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . censored in New York City


"A portrait of President George W. Bush . . . using monkeys to form his image that was banished from a New York art show last week amid charges of censorship was projected on a giant billboard in Manhattan on December 21, 2004. 'Bush Monkeys,' a small acrylic on canvas by Chris Savido, created the stir last week at the Chelsea Market public space, leading the market's managers to close down the 60-piece show. The image is seen on an electronic billboard near the entrance to New York's Holland Tunnel, December 22."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/en/122104chrissavido&tmpl=sl&e=1


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[NYC]

2. Better place for it.

Many more people will see it.

[BlueEyedSon]

3. YEAH, BABY!!!

[Placebo]

4. Oh now THAT makes me smile.

:D

[Worst Username Ever]

5. God, what a day brightener. This beats the "our leader" billboard any day

[SleeplessinSoCal]

116. How about a new "Our Leader" billboard.......

Replace the Bush photo with a monkey's.....

[Supersedeas]

133. is he uniting the country again?

[Blue Gardener]

6. Chimpy is not going to be happy about this

Hope it puts a crimp in his happy holiday on the pig farm.

[donheld]

7. Absolutely fabulous idea

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[neuvocat]

8. Swwweeeeettttt!!!!!

[livinginphotographs]

9. That's awesome.

And a much better way to "support the troops" than putting a made-in-china yellow ribbon on your car.

[DemoTex]

10. Art 400k, Censorship 3.

Game over. Art wins big. Yay!

[ClintonTyree]

124. I'm just wondering................

how long it will be before this wonderful display is tampered with. You know the wing-nuts aren't going to let this stand unchallenged. They'll pull something out of their slimy asses. In their mind there is no right to dissent anymore.
The Artist shouldn't fly in any small airplanes either.

[flpoljunkie]

11. I LOVE NEW YORK!

[Sporadicus]

12. Kick

:kick:

Keep this story rated high!

[CountAllVotes]

13. :)

dupe picture

[clarknyc]

14. How sweet!

Small-time censorship turns into big-time exposure. Excellent.

[AlCzervik]

15. Best news of the day.

excellent!

[JaneDoughnut]

16. I may hate the President

But GOD I LOVE THIS COUNTRY! That really made my day.

[brentspeak]

Now if they could only put one up opposite the White House

and right across the street from Bush's ranch. That way, Bush can't help but see it everyday!

[Lorien]

17. If Freeps have a problem with this guy

they ought to keep in mind just WHERE he'll be sending the money!

[truthisfreedom]

90. you mean fweeps. no caps, no r. fweeps.

that's their fucking name until they call us the democratic party.

[fob]

104. That pic is fookin' brilliant! It took me a THIRD look to pick out

the "christmas tree" as, well, NOT a tree!

There is so much truth in that pic.

[WhiteTara]

118. Thanks TIF fweeps they are!

[quiet.american]

102. delete

[quiet.american]

103. Love the pic of the cat, hilarious n/t

[Liberty Belle]

18. They threw a monkeywrench into Chimp's censorship plans.

I love this story! Thanks for the much-needed mood lift.

:party:

[Ian David]

19. Thanks n/t

Avg Rating: 4.24, 16 votes - Your Rating: 5

[leftchick]

20. Woo Hoo! Here is the painting!

Painter Christopher Savido poses with his work 'Bush Monkeys,' a portrait of President Bush (news - web sites) using monkeys to form the image, at a New York gallery December 13, 2004. The portrait, which was banished from the show last week amid charges of censorship, was projected on a giant billboard over the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, used by thousands of commuters traveling between Manhattan and New Jersey, December 21, 2004. (Mike Segar/Reuters)



I am so proud of this artist! What guts!

[DS1]

35. Eh, they could have done much better with a different pic

Even with the tolls, I doubt many people had time to recognize monkeys.

The Bush in his shitkickers and white hat and sunglasses would have been better

[chookie]

84. He's a Pittsburgh Artist!!

This year, we've got Big Ben, AND Chris Savido!

Bravo to both!

[zann725]

86. "Pittsburgh?" Hmmm...

"Anonymous donors?" Whoever that is, thanks SOOO much!

Sometimes it's the little things in life...or in this case, the big one! Mwhahahahaha!

[Englander]

95. From the workmade web-site;

[VegasWolf]

21. Karma, gotta love it. n/t

[Lisa]

22. ahh, New York! Where people dream of seeing their name up in lights ...

Or, in this case, their face up in chimps.

"a giant digital billboard over the entrance to the Holland Tunnel" -- this is perfect in so many ways. Thanks to the benefactor and the artist, who made this all possible.

p.s. the only downside is that the new digital technology has made the old-fashioned paper and glue obsolete -- or I could revel in seeing the words "Bush" and "plastered" in the same sentence. Oh, well.

[VegasWolf]

23. Aren't there any billboards outside the WH? n/t

[DemoTex]

24. Can a digital camera equipped NYC-DUer get a pic of the billboard?

Otherwise, I might have to travel to NY to see it myself.

[NYC]

29. I'll try, but no guarantees.

:hi:

[DemoTex]

40. Thanks NYC!

Where is the billboard? I don't remember reading that in the story.

[NYC]

46. Holland Tunnel, the west side of Canal St.

Crossing the Hudson River so all those New Jersey commuters can't miss it.

[hwmnbn]

25. done....

You have given the news article Bush Monkey Picture Shown on Giant NY Billboard a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 4.45 with 22 vote(s). :smoke:

[RebelOne]

92. It's down to 4.17 now.

[Anakin Skywalker]

26. All Right! Perfect!

I love it when rightwing 'tards censor things. It just makes them more popular. I hope bidding goes through the roof! Now now, freeptards, no whining. It is FREE MARKET at work. Hah hah! :)

[Political_Junkie]

27. Awesome!

I love this, how fitting.

[Cha]

28. I rated that sucker a FIVE!

Lucky New York Citiers! They deserve it!

[mom cat]

34. Me too! I wish they had a picture of the billboard....Ribs hurting from

laughing!

[Cha]

38. It will probably be forthcoming soon.

Here's a picture(if you haven't already seen it) of a Marquee in Oakland, California to make you smile in the meantime.




Much more at..
http://www.freewayblogger.com/

[mom cat]

71. Love it. That's what I would like to see everywhere!

[Catchawave]

113. I love the Freeway Blogger !

Such amazing and creative minds out there! Especially this one:

*Warning: Graphic* <wink>

http://www.freewayblogger.com/death.htm

[Cha]

123. Thanks! Good to know about "My Pet Goat"!

I like this one from Florida..

[Theres-a]

30. perfect!

:party:

[Politicub]

31. HAHAHA - Asshole Bush deserves it

Don't you just love freedom of speech?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

32. From beginning to end ..........

...........everything about this story is perfect.

And the good guys win in the end.

That's US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:toast:

[Pastiche423]

33. Ah, so sweet!

[IHeart1993]

36. Maybe more people will put up more billborards.

This is a great start. One person can give many more courage tp put their dismay on display.

[3days]

37. HAHA Now if we can just get this picture up

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

65. Nice try, but the site outsmarted you.

NATION STOLEN FROM
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
PLEASE NOTICE

[Lone_Star_Dem]

39. Oh, I do LOVE it!

And, * Pfffft!

[KDLarsen]

41. Kinda cool

.. though I think it would be nice, if the mosaic of Bush that was made with pictures of dead US soldiers could be put up somewhere too.

To me, that is a much more damning image.

[outerheaven]

109. yep

thats what I was thinking.

the message is a lot stronger than "you look like a monkey". but, still, nice.

[NashVegas]

42. Bush Administration = Blessing for Public Art

You gotta give 'em that much!

No other administration in US history has inspired so much genuine human expression.

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

43. And, there's a BIG FUCK YOU to the Chelsea Market manager...you FAILED!!!!

Thanks to the dumbass censorship effort by the Chelsea Market manager Bush lemming, this story and picture are INTERNATIONAL, BABY!!!

HAAAAAAAAAA!

JB

[davidwparker]

134. I thank him too. If I hadn't heard of the controversy

on AAR (I believe), I wouldn't have known of the Bush Monkeys. Now, I got to see it on the web. I'm here in VA.

[Just Me]

44. hee, hee, hee, HAW HAW HAW,...OMG!!!

Ohhhhhhhh,....WOW,....my belly hurts!!!

Haven't laughed so big in awhile!!!!

Gawd that hurts so good!!!

I salute you, Savido and all those who plastered that SPECTACULAR "art reflecting reality" for the world to see!!!

WOOOOTHEFUCKINHOOO!!!!!!

[femme.democratique]

45. The perfect antedote for the "Our Leader" billboards! eom

[Quakerfriend]

52. Yeah!!

I :loveya: NY!!

[Acryliccalico]

55. This is so great

I just love it.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!

[0007]

47. Right on!

[Catherine Vincent]

48. I blame republicans.

They should not have voted in lockstep for a guy that is so embarassing.

[yorkiemommie1]

49. ya-Hooooo!

read, rated and a big yippee to the artist and donors!

[wicket]

50. WOO HOO!!!!

[Kenergy]

51. LOL ! Excellent! n/t

[lateo]

53. Put that on Mt. Rushmore.

haw

[zann725]

108. I second that motion!

n/t

[NYC Liberal]

54. LOVIN' IT!!

A FUCK YOU to those who wanted this censored!! Free speech WINS!!

Check out what the Freeptards are saying:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306246/posts


If this doesn't say it all!!
"The stinking liberals continue to show thier intellect."

[Catherine Vincent]

60. Here's one:

To: hipaatwo
It's amazing .After that horse's ass Kerry crashes and burns,and his "lovely"wife don't call me Teresa proves to the world that money can't buy class there are still some who want to portray the president as an uneducated hay seed.Better we should have elected the gigolo from Boston ,right? Yeah,that's what the Left does best."If we can't win ,why then we'll call you names and paint pictures that make fun of you;and then you'll be sorry".Nice going you vapid collection of Euro -socialist wannabes.God ,it's great to see the left self destruct! LIBFO.--40 posted on 12/21/2004 6:49:32 PM PST by libfo ( Rockefeller,Levin,Durbin, repeat after me. TOP SECRET : CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.)

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Tsk tsk tsk....freepers, they can dish it for all those years but they can't take it in return. :-)

[Just Me]

68. Well, the "freepers" fully OWN their victory now.

Congratulations,...you reap what you sow,...and ya' can't deny responsibility for anything, anymore.

Nothing personal but,...don't be counting on this progressive liberal to feel sorry for ya' when the other shoe drops.

Believe it or not, we, "liberuls", have quite strict limits, too,...we have ZERO-TOLERANCE ZONE for those who advantage themselves off less empowered or skilled or unfortunate others.

HUMAN moral values dictate that the strong are supposed to PROTECT,...not advantage themselves of the weak.

Under this neoCONfascist regime,...even the rule of the jungle is submissive

This regime and its followers have now become the most destructive disease on the face of the earth.

They oughta' get a special trophy! Doncha' think? :bounce:

[CoffeeCat]

77. Here! Here! Very well said! (nt)

[NVMojo]

76. the freeptards are pissed cuz we still ain't drinking thar koolaid!

[BrightKnight]

107. Old school racism is flourishing in the heart of the Rebug base.

Heard core old school racism is apparently flourishing in the heart of the Repug base. Given the prominence of the freeper site perhaps the mainstream press should report this. This site has very strong links to the party.

[ClintonTyree]

125. Free Republic is a VERY crappy website...........

after all of these years you'd think RimJob would take a little of the money the freeptards give and update that crappy site with the terrible format. It looks like some 10 year old designed it. If I were a freep (before I shot myself) I'd ask RimJob what he's doing with the money. DON'T YOU WONDER ABOUT THAT FREEPTARDS? RimJob is screwing you right into the ground and using you morons to line his pockets. But I guess that's what the free market system is all about, isn't it? Screw the stupid.

[MsMagnificent]

111. This one is priceless

That's a little tacky don't you think?



22 posted on 12/21/2004 6:20:35 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)


HEY BEN!

GUESS WHO MADE GOVERNMENT BIGGER THAN THE DEMOCRATS EVER COULD!


If it wasn't so ironic it'd be plain pathetic.

[vs the introvore]

130. these freepers are shit fetishists.

this is a quote from the comments on this story from freerepublic.com:

To: newzjunkey
Imagine the hubris it takes to charge $3,500 for something as juvenile as that "work." Truly incredible.

*
*
*
*
Need some quick cash? Get a picture of Bush, take a dump on it, and sell it to some liberal as art.
42 posted on 12/21/2004 6:50:51 PM PST by rmmcdaniell

is this the advised business model for civilian contractors?? Oh, i forgot. now it's me typing; the quote's over. anyways, hee hee, some freepers do got messed up heads.

[Hamsta1]

135. More like Fear-Repube-Lick

Talk about a crappy blog. It hurt just to look at it, and then I actually read the IGNORANT content! This is what happens when you don't fund the Superfund... Mental defects running rampant all over the damn place. Why think when Hannity or Limbaugh are there to do it for you?
It's unbelievable how the "Official Republican Talking Points" make their way from party leaders down to the party peons to repeat VERBATIM to everyone they meet. Maybe they have memory chips implanted that they
download their thoughts and opinions into every morning so as not to deviate from the blessed party line. aka the path of righteousness

[Gothmog]

56. LOL

Thanks. this is very funny

[arikara]

57. Oh, I just love it...

and the deliciously ironic thing is that hardly anyone would have seen it if they hadn't tried censoring it.

[Catherine Vincent]

58. Look what someone posted on Yahoo. LOL !

[Melissa G]

70. Loved this even more! Let's put this on a Billboard in D. C.

Right Now before January!

[arikara]

83. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Hilarious!!!!!

[Swamp Rat]

89. HAHA!

Here's mine:

[Englander]

93. Best.B*sh/Hitler.Picture.

n/t

[Swamp Rat]

94. Danke

[Englander]

96. I just realised * is the spitting image of Moe in the pic.

or is it Curly?

[Swamp Rat]

100. Well, we do know that Bush majored in 'nyuking' throughtout his academic

career.

[Catherine Vincent]

98. Hey, that's a good one too!

:hi:

[lebkuchen]

136. That's the chimp alright

[KG]

59. i'm KG and i approved of this billboard.

:hi:

[thedailyshow]

61. that's why New York rocks!

[Johnny Noshoes]

91. We sure do

and we know a waste of space like Too Stupid to Be President when we see one.


"When you trade your values for the hope of winning, you end up losing and having no values....so you keep losing." Howard Dean 2004

[juliagoolia]

62. pic

[Melissa G]

69. LOL! n/t

[Ilsa]

63. This story has restored my faith in the citizens of the U.S. n/t

[rocktivity]

64. They should have left well enough alone

I guess nothing was learned from Franken vs. O'Reilly.

I just wish something could be done for the other artists who lost out when the original show was shut down. I would have more respect for the person who made that decision if he or she had removed Bush Monkeys only and had been willing to take the heat for it. Oh, but that would have been a blatant example of censorship!

:headbang:
rocknation

[captain disgruntled]

66. Unhappy chimps

in a quagmire.
Got that about right.

[kapp]

67. PMSL! n/t

[Mr_Spock]

72. Poor, poor Chimps...

I feel so bad that chimps are continually being insulted by being compared to a lying mass-murder. Poor chimps.

[Name removed]

73. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[hyphenate]

74. Oh so cool!

GREAT idea! Love it. I hope it inspires many in the coming years as we try to get rid of this evil regime once and for all.

[NVMojo]

75. this is fecking awesome!!!! Like better than a big bird finger flipping

Bush off everyday!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!

[roguevalley]

78. This guy did more accidental good than the government on purpose.

[GetTheRightVote]

80. Freedom of speech and press wins again, Demcracy may win as well

[Gemini Cat]

79. LOL!! This is great!!

All those Jersey commuters will get to see the official portrait of the chimp in chief! I love it!!!!!

[SKKY]

81. Any chance DU can work a deal with the artist and get some t-shirts done?

[Kablooie]

82. MORE! GIVE ME MORE!

Projected Vaginalhair art! Yes! Project it everywhere! On buildings, on clouds, on the White House! Yeah baby! Go!

[Bozita]

85. Gave it a 5 ... There are other photos online

Pic of Bush from 1,000 photos of US dead.

Anybody have it?

[bvar22]

106. You can download it here:

http://www.whywehatebush.com/news/04_08_portraits.html










http://www.whywehatebush.com/news/04_08_portraits.html

[BrightKnight]

87. Free speech does not apply to political speech?

If you don't have something nice to say you shouldn't say anything. He should have exercised self censorship.

[BrightKnight]

88. Bush reminds me of this saluting NASA space monkey.

http://ham.spa.umn.edu/kris/sam.html

or perhaps Ham the NASA chimp:

http://ham.spa.umn.edu/kris/ham.html

[mutius]

97. The picture

the picture says it all. think of it, a chip would fare better at ruining the country than this guy.

[cal04]

99. New life for Bush monkey poster/BBC

Let's see how long it takes the repubs to make this a big deal(whine) and have it taken down)

A controversial portrait of President George W Bush, formed using monkey heads, has been projected on a giant billboard in Manhattan.
Chris Savido's acrylic painting, Bush Monkeys, prompted gallery managers to close down a 60-piece show at New York's Chelsea Market last week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4117059.stm

[Vidar]

101. Thank you , New York.

[Carl Brennan]

105. ROFLMAO!! Now if we could employ the

same mechanism to get word out about election fraud.

[MsMagnificent]

110. *howling with laughter*

Man I needed that!

Figures it's being Supressed though -- maybe we can move the billboard over to the "Free Speech Area"

AS IF *ALL* THE U.S. ISN'T A FREE SPEECH ZONE!!

[imax2268]

112. RIGHT ON...!!!

I love it...!!!

[arikara]

114. It is up to 12,4000 on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20135&item=3771067185&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[yorkiemommie1]

117. thanks, put it on my 'watch' list n/t

[ClintonTyree]

126. $15,099 now.............

with over 8 days left. This is going to top $50,000 by the time the auctions over.

[LiberalUprising]

127. At $15,099 now!

Thanks for the link!

[yorkiemommie1]

115. Bush = disgrace to all primates n/t

[Sleepless In NY]

119. God! I love this town!

What a glorious sight!

[lonestarnot]

120. WE LOVE YOU NEW YORK!!!!!!

:toast: :bounce:

[ashmanonar]

121. woohoo!

nice to see art win every once in a while! i do think the pictures made with the pictures of soldiers KIA is much more poignant, but the chimps will do quite well...

[greyXstar]

122. Wow that's too awesome!!

Bush and the gestapo got smacked down hard on this one! And hopefully it will wake people up even MORE to the atrocious way our troops have been treated. And I gotta admit. a good part of me wants to turn around and scream "unpatriotic" and "not supporting the troops" at EVERYONE who says a bad thing about this. I hate to sink to their level, but they deserve it.

[Lisa]

128. I wonder what it would look like on the JumboTron at the Superbowl

Someone remarked earlier on the resolution ... maybe that's why the Holland Tunnel version is only a subsection of the whole painting.

[hraka]

129. Ah, it's a wonderful day

Kerik resigns in embarassment from Guiliani's consulting firm; Washington State Supreme Courty orders the previously thrown out votes in King County (predominantly Dem) to be counted (Dem Gregiore is ahead by 10 votes WITHOUT the add'l 575 votes http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/204884_recounted.html); and Monkey Boy is projected over the Holland Tunnel. I've been laughing all day.

[sabra]

132. Supposedly tomorrow should be interesting too...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=187683&mesg_id=187683