The following piece of “art” appears on Saatchi Online, owned by Charles Saatchi, who has been in the news of late.
The “artist” Michal Baror describes it thus:
I hold a map of Palestine from 1947 – just before the invention of Israel – just before the Palestinian disaster. The hand is partly showing the map and partly discussed by it keeping it away from the unseen body.
The map is no longer readable – folded like a dirty rag, become a leftover – a used object to be thrown away.
As our friend Ambrosine notes in a letter to Saatchi Online:
This piece of art is currently not for sale therefore it is been put there as an anti-Israel piece of propaganda. Not something that I have usually seen on the Saatchi Gallery and something that is possibly there for reasons other than sales of art
I am concerned specifically at things that are predominantly anti-Israel and have a political agenda to the point of offence. This offends me and also has offended others who tweeted the painting.
If you are as disgusted as we are, please let Saatchi Online know your feelings in an email to [email protected].
