Thursday, June 04, 2009

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been a threat to the arts long before his comments during the last federal election about “rich galas” for artists.
When he announced the axing of [plans for the] the National Portrait Gallery in Ottawa, it prompted the editors at Art Threat to launch a national portrait contest. “Framing Harper” was a call-out to artists and activists across Canada to create a portrait of Stephen Harper that would capture the PM’s “appreciation” of arts and culture in Canada.
My friend submitted the portrait on the left and made it into the top 23 finalists:


I really like the winner's reference. You can check out the rest of the portraits here.

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