Australian street artist Lushsux’s mural of Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu causes controversy
A STREET mural done by an Australian graffiti artist overseas that shows Donald Trump kissing another world leader has been swiftly painted over.
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A DONALD Trump mural believed to be the work of Australian graffiti artist Lushsux has popped up on Israel’s barrier in the occupied West Bank, depicting the US president sharing a kiss with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
His face hidden by a headdress, a man who identified himself as Lushsux said against the backdrop of a cement section of the Israeli wall in Bethlehem that he hoped his painting would draw attention to Palestinians stuck in “an indoor prison”.
”The wall is a message in itself,“ the man, who said he painted the mural overnight, told Reuters.
”I don’t need to write ‘Free Palestine’ or something like that, something really direct ... that people will ignore.
“I just paint what I usually paint and maybe people will start looking at the background and looking at the razor wire and looking at people stuck in here, and maybe that’ll work better,” he said in Australian-accented English.
Hours after the mural was put up, it appears to have been painted over.
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Murals on the barrier believed to be the work of Lushsux include one showing Trump kissing an Israeli watchtower and another depicting him placing his hand on the barrier and thinking about building a similar wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
The Bethlehem wall has become a showcase of protest art voicing Palestinians’ fears that Israel’s West Bank fence-and-concrete barrier is a land grab that may deny them a state. Israelis deem the project a bulwark against Palestinian attack.
Melbourne-based graffiti artist Lushsux has made a name for himself by painting murals of famous figures.
He has painted a number of murals of high profile world figures including President Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Beyonce Mark Zuckerberg and even Shane Warne.
Last year his depiction of a naked Kim Kardashian on a Sydney wall created a storm.
Earlier this year he painted a towering instalment of Queen Beyonce’s iconic twin pregnancy announcement.
Complete with belly grabbing, intricate veil and detailed floral arrangement, the mural appeared in a carpark in Easey St Collingwood in Melbourne.
It came just days after the artist revealed a piece of Warnie drinking a frothy in Chapel St, a chest baring Vladimir Putin riding a horse and The Donald blowing kisses for Valentine’s Day.
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