Artist depicts Zuma's bit parts in pictures
President Jacob Zuma's private parts, depicted by controversial visual artist Ayanda Mabulu, have yet again got tongues wagging.No stranger to controversy, Mabulu's latest artwork is on the #Zupta state capture site.One of the works by the artist on exhibition at Constitution Hill depicts Zuma licking the butt of one of the Gupta brothers, a naked Atul, in an aircraft cockpit, with an ANC flag hanging to the side.A second painting shows Zuma reclining in what resembles a throne, seemingly asleep and with his private parts exposed."The work is really aimed at the masters who are controlling our leader. And the Guptas are one of those masters."It's not personal because it goes beyond the president," Mabulu told Culture Review Magazine in an interview.Mabulu is also infamously known for his painting titled Umshini Wam, showing Zuma wearing traditional attire with his private parts exposed.ANC national spokesman Zizi Kodwa said he could not comment since he had not yet seen the painting. ..
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