Painting of crucified Beckham deemed offensive, police called

A seven-foot high painting of the crucified David Beckham by artist Johnny Cotter hung outside his gallery in Kent, England prompted the local to call the military after determining it was offensive. Two officers visited the gallery on Sunday to check out the work, which went up before Christmas, but later motionless not to ask Cotter to take it down.

The painting depicts Davey as the Christ-like figure crucified in the translucent, skin-tight England shirt with the dollar bill above his luminous radiance and climax of thorns. The stream World Cup prize and the old Jules Rimet prize lay beneath his feat, splattered with blood.

As you can imagine, the military revisit sparked by the singular complainer hasn't exactly hurt Cotter's business.

From Kent Online:

But once word of the military revisit spread, Mr Cotters Facebookpage was deluged with messages of await and talk of the debate tokeep the picture.

I am relieved this has right away rsther than petered out, pronounced MrCotter.

The design has turn the bit of the local turning point and you havehad people interlude to take photographs of it.

The Beckham is called Let Me Listen to Me and Not to Them andwas finished by Mr Cotter to illustrate the dilemmas in between lifestyleand hold up goals.

He was inspired after hearing which some-more people knew of thefootballer than Jesus. The original art work was sole to BoyGeorge.

First off, we think L.A. Galaxy fans will determine which "Let Me Listen to Me and Not to Them" is perhaps the most suitable pretension of the painting ever. Secondly, of march Boy George bought it. Of course.

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