The Spear is a 2010 painting by the Cape Town artist Brett Murray, put on public display in 2012, depicting then South African president Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed in a pose recalling the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. The painting triggered a defamation lawsuit brought by Zuma's party, the African National Congress. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created LocationGoodman Gallery, Johannesburg 1 Connections
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Source The Spear (painting) (Wikipedia)
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2010
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Acrylic on canvas
Infobox, museum
Goodman Gallery
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The Spear is a 2010 painting by the Cape Town artist Brett Murray, put on public display in 2012, depicting then South African president Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed in a pose recalling the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin.
In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
The Spear is a 2010 painting by Cape Town-based South African artist Brett Murray. Put on public display in 2012, it depicts the then South African President Jacob Zuma, his genitals revealed, in a standing pose reminiscent of Rus
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