Yes, that's Dubya's face. And yes, the button reads, "God hates fags."
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Censor This!
By Jason Budjinski
Art in your eye
THU 5/26
The Broward Art Guild has never been in the business of dumbing down its exhibits to suit the overly sensitive or intellectually bankrupt. But when the guild rolls out its annual taboo-testing exhibit "Controversy," the envelope is not just pushed -- it's run through a shredder.
"The exhibit captures the pulse of the current time," Executive Director Susan Buzzi notes. "It's an exact reflection of what's going on. And it's not always pretty."
"Controversy" features works by tricounty artists who dive headfirst into the stickiest of subjects: politics, religion, sexuality, and Ronald McDonald (OK, so that last one's kinda greasy). Needless to say, Bush and Cheney are common subjects. Alfred Phillips' Yahoo! depicts the president bent over an oil barrel with a Saudi royal pumping him full of, um, you know. Other humorous jabs at Bush include Gerard Delaney's Liberty or Death? (shown left). But Dubya's not the only one on trial here; the icons of the fast-food industry are parodied in Brass' False Idols, a series of portraits (Ronald, Wendy, Colonel Sanders, and Burger King) flanked by religious imagery.