Ayanda Mabulu exhibits another controversial Zuma portrait
President Jacob Zuma is once again the talking point of a controversial art piece said to be distasteful, rude and disrespectful.
Elections are drawing nearer and South Africans are expressing their feelings and thoughts through protests, marches, conferences, and art.
Ayanda Mabulu is under fire after an exhibit of his work at Constitutional Hill entitled #Zupta State.
His latest painting depicts Zuma in another eyebrow-raising adult act.
The artwork is a criticism of President Zuma’s close relationship with the Guptas which has been the subject of much speculation as well as an investigation by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
You can view the images here (Warning: Sexual Graphic Imagery)
Twitter was not at rest calling the artist disgusting, controverial and some praising him for his work.
This #AyandaMabulu guy is probably funded by the opposition 👎
— wiseman makhaye (@_wizforreal) July 12, 2016
Okay I'm all about creativity,humor & so-forth mara#AyandaMabulu is WA----Y out of line. With freedom comes responsibility, Usile boy
— Fikiswa (@fikiswa_fiki) July 12, 2016
He's still a father, grandfather and huusband.. Those paintings are distasteful, rude and downright disrespectful!! #AyandaMabulu
— Butterfly_Kiss (@Blu_Jae7) July 12, 2016
Do we ( blacks ) really have to treat others ( blacks ) with disrespect for us to be relevant & our work to be acknowledged? #ayandamabulu
— MBA | Candidate | (@IamMduduziMiya) July 12, 2016
Bathong! #AyandaMabulu 's painting pic.twitter.com/OfSqCx3BX2
— Ntokozo Ngubane (@Nto_Ngubane) July 12, 2016
Some came out in defence of Mabulu, however, ‚ commending his courage.
@LionessCalypso Apt, #AyandaMabulu would be in Gryffindor for the courage he has...you would be...Hufflepuff
— Lindani (@KhuhlaseKhondlo) July 12, 2016
Controversial art is the real art, it's got people talking, shows that #AyandaMabulu is going far with his career. Done
— sabelo (@CyberGuarana) July 12, 2016
Has Ayanda Mabulu gone too far or is he just speaking his mind?