"National Portrait Gallery brings us face to face with Gerry Adams"
"The London gallery, by purchasing Conrad Atkinson's painting of the Sinn Féin leader, has made an interesting move at a tricky time for Northern Irish reconciliation"
Conrad Atkinson is a political artist that dale mentioned to during a tutorial. the link to a bit of information about this artist can be found on the link belowhttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/nov/15/national-portrait-gallery-gerry-adams
like my prime minster drawing of David Cameron this gut that condrad Atkinson was a hated figure and cause a lot of dispute to why it was displayed in an art gallery amounts piece of art.
"Gerry Adams was once a hate figure on the British mainland. The leader of Sinn Féin was in his day as reviled as Abu Qatada is today. In 1988 Margaret Thatcher, then prime minister, banned his voice from being broadcast, to "starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend"; yet nearly a quarter of a century on, this former bogeyman is to receive a striking artistic accolade from the British establishment."
I got this quote from the link above which you can see this art wasn't much appreciated. If i were to just simply display my drawing of the prime minister and put it on its own with maybe a flag of Great Britain as the back ground it would cause mixed feelings from people just like the painting above did. people who have suffered from Cameron's decisions just like I have my self from the bed room tax situation would anger and kind of insult these people by showing such a thing. the thought that some one has took the time to even draw or paint them then display them would make people angry.
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