Censorship goes cuckoo

홍성담 작가가 닭으로 바꿔 그린 그림.

The work by painter Hong Sung-dam for the Gwangju Biennale special exhibition, Aug. 6. In the painting, President Park Geun-hye was depicted as a scarecrow being controlled by her father and former president Park Chung-hee and current presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon.

홍성담 작가가 처음에 그린 ‘허수아비 박근혜’ 형상.

The altered version where Park is depicted as a hen. But Hong’s painting is still not featured in the exhibition, because the four curators have not reached a consensus on whether or not to allow it. (by Jung Dae-ha, Gwangju correspondent)