Posted on 07/30/2016 8:37:26 PM PDT by mr fish
People walk past a mural of US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton clad in a swimsuit, created by street artist Lushsux, in West Footscray, Melbourne on July 30, 2016
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People walk past a mural of US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton clad in a swimsuit, created by street artist Lushsux, in West Footscray, Melbourne on July 30, 2016 (AFP Photo/Paul Crock) More
Melbourne (AFP) - An Australian mural of US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a revealing, stars and stripes swimsuit may be taken down, after it has reportedly been deemed offensive.
The creator of the painting, the street artist who goes by the name Lushsux and who has also painted murals of the likes of Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian, branded calls to remove it "pathetic".
The provocative mural is on the wall of a small business in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray, and reports say the business has been asked by the local Maribyrnong Council to remove it.
"We believe it is offensive because of the depiction of a near-naked woman, not on the basis of disrespect to Hillary Clinton, in accordance with the Graffiti Prevention Act 2007," the council's chief executive Stephen Wall told Fairfax Media on Friday.
Wall said local police had been asked to urgently provide their opinion on the mural, adding that the council intended to issue a notice to the building's owner to remove it within 10 days.
Lushsux accused the council of being out of control, telling Fairfax the mural was "on par offence-wise" with a deodorant ad.
Speaking on Melbourne radio, Lushsux said he suspected that his Instagram account, which he said had some 110,000 followers, was deleted due to him posting a photo of the raunchy Hillary image.
"It's hard enough to be an artist... to lose your social media following in this day and age is a big loss," he told 3AW on Friday.
But the artist shows no sign of changing his style. Asked what he planned next, Lushsux told listeners: "I might paint a big mural of Trump in similar style."
Hillary would never wear such an outfit—It has stars and stripes—way to patriotic for her. Maybe if it was red—or with yellow stars like a Chinese flag. Its photoshopped from the 2008 election. If it was really Hillary—I would respect her more—I bet she may have wore things like this to please Bill (we know Bill Clinton bought two thong Bikinis when he went to Brazil—who were they for?).
HRC in a bikini? Good Lord, NO! It’d be like spitting cobra’s venom in one’s eyes!
Should be wearing a commie flag. Other than that, my morning is ruined.
Creates a “stir”? I think more so it created complete nausea.
She looks like Lyndon Johnson.
No, I really mean it.
She looks like Lyndon Johnson.
She needs a boob job, stat.
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