G7 or Gi-otto? Just Bush it!     Oil on canvas     60 x 70 cm    2007

 

G7 or Gi-otto? Just Bush it!

 

Painted in: Managua (Nicaragua) 

Exhibited at: Museum of the Americas, Miami, USA, Solo Exhibition (12 June - 4 July 2009); Latino Art Museum, Pomona, USA, Solo Exhibition (5-29 August 2009).

Author's comment: 

 

Gi-otto   ( in Italian can be read  G8  or  Giotto )

Years ago, translating from English into Chinese the title of this painting, my friend Dr. Zhang Meng added her comment, in the Chinese version of my website:

“Gi-otto (Italian is G8 meaning G7 + Russia) reminds people of the famous Italian painter Giotto. The curve of the painting is very similar to the face of the American president. “Bush it” has the same pronunciation as the English “Bullshit”, which is nonsense. Careful observers will wonder: are the G7, G8 and Bush together bullshit, or is the picture itself bullshit? Or is it too much to compare the famous painter Giotto to this painting? Let the viewer judge!”