More like 'Priceless'!!

Excellent!

fella better make sure he goes and gets an expedited electronic passport.

I hope he actually already has it. You know how petty this crew is. Victimization in full force.

Let's not get so worked up people it's art. Some of us may not agree with the artist or think it's distasteful. That being said, this is what art is suppose to do. It evokes an emotional response from the viewer. I still don't get why Bahamians take offense to everything.

Yeap...and knowing how these power trip government people go (on both sides) this artist will likely get victimized like CRAZY for 'speaking' his mind through his art. It's a sad world we live in.

Exactly 100% correct @stapedius re: art, its nature, its purpose, its muse

Good work Mackey, maybe it will make perry realize how many of us in the country feels about his leadership

I thought journalism was meant to be unbiased, so I am very disappointed with The Tribune's headline of "Tasteless".

Wrong!

Bitter pills are hard to swallow, but Mr. Mackey has courageously depicted what many Bahamians are thinking and feeling. Kudos to you, Mr. Mackey.

Now maybe we can start to have a conversation about this like grown-ups and really hold Mr. Christie and the PLP's feet to the fire and start demanding answers for the dictatorship and failed leadership they have given the long-suffering people of the Bahamas. We deserve better, but unless we speak up, we will have the same lies and half-truths spoon fed to us for years to come.

I agree with you about the Tribune's choice of headline.

I agree the paper should have put "excellent rendition of the current political state" or something along that line, cus it's not tasteless at all - got flava like KFC bey!!!

I don't think this is tasteless at all. It is an artist's impression of the current mentality that exists in this country by most thinking Bahamians. Excellent job!!!

On what authority Central Bank employees are interfering with this young Bahamian's work of "timely" art? They need to question if the Governor is ultra vires to the constitution!

I have heard, from people in the art world, that Central Bank employees regularly have 'a problem' with work in the art gallery. First of all, many can't understand by there is even an art gallery and feel that funds used to maintain it and have various shows should go towards their salaries and not art.

i agree with many of the above comments - shame on the tribune for describing this as Tasteless. That is not their choice to make as media. They are making the statement as it is fact - it is not. it is art and thereby subjective. i lose respect for this paper more and more each day. where are the managing editors? they should have titled it something like "artists portrayal of Christie stirs debate/controversy/emotions".

and i completely support the artist in his freedom of expression and courage. good for him!

Of course the Comrade Artist is portraying PM Christie as ready to round up all members
of Her Majesty's Official Opposition Red Party and throw them in a concentration camp on Crooked island - that is after the red party does carry out its promised official act, if returned to power comer 2017, to banish all its current islander residents.
Weird as it sounds, judging by the number red bloogers making their positions known against the PM, they themselves must also believe what Artist Mackey seems to believe about the Hitler ways of our nation's PM.
Please Lord Jesus, talk some common sense in these red heads, cuz apparently it's called freedom of expression to portray the PM as another Hitler but not for a newspaper to decide the story headline it will use.
Of course any artist should maintain the freedom of expression to paint whatever they wish but it does not mean you have to buy it - that is unless you're a member red party - then it becomes your duty.

Tal - If yuh seeing too much red you need go check a doctor

Comrade TruePeople it is my hope you will take the time to read up to better understand what a Nazi Germany was all about before comparing our nation's PM to Hitler and his killers. The stories about Holocaust victims are there for you and your fellow red bloggers reading. May I suggest you take along Artist Mackey, cuz he too sure lacks in Nazi reading materials. Please don't read da books with red covers cuz they is fictional.

Every single Bahamian is a victim of the PLP Holocaust starting with Lyndon Oscar Swindling.

Comrade Banker you need take time out cleanse your head of artist expressions to go sit on that damn 'dock" of Izmirlian's. Da Atlantic Ocean's breeze goin clear your thinking process.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. And you can learn this by sitting on the dock of the bay.

Was it Perry's goons who just burned down a shanty town? I hope not.

Rabid Red and Febrile Yellow is the problem in the Bahamas.
We have got to stop blaming Government for every damn thing
and realize we have given them free license with our rabid support.
Persecution is alive and well in this country, hidden hands roll the dice with peoples
potential and future, ethics left the halls of Parliament decades ago.
This depiction of Christie did not need Hitler incorporated to show his dictatorial tendencies,
but the artist has the message,
and we shall see how much effort is made to suppress, censor art or artists.
His depiction may well be prophetic.

He should have compared Perry to Zimbabwe's Mugabe.

no fan of PGC, but comparing him to Hitler is tasteless and lowest level possible. However Pinocchio I like. Spot on. The nose is growing so fast and so long, we have finally enough wood to run a good waste to energy plant and deliver the power to the World.

Necktie of CHINA'S flag is a nice touch too. The artist put a lot of thought into the symbolism of many things in this painting.

So what does the hibiscus represent. Did the artist have to go into hiding?

I think that it would make a great RED Campaign Banner. Hang it at every RED Rally. The nose will have to be longer by 2017 though. Maybe some red ash on the end with a bit of smoke !

actually the artist said the hibiscus pistal is an assault rifle the represents crime, and the flower itself represents the 'pretty picture' government is trying to paint about crime..powerful. The necktie with the Chinese flag represents the strangle hold the Chinese are putting on this country.

Love the bishop there in the picture. God bless the artist. It is obvious that only smart Bahamians are in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone. I wish that the eyes of the blind PLP supporters would be opened to see this. But alas, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him think.

Loud and Clear. The plane truth does hurt, doesn't it Big Bad Ugly Brad

It is a very well thought out piece.

Great I love this painting. ....tired of PGC and this worthless crew

For the first time in many years, I am proud to be Bahamian. This painting makes me proud. Finally, Bahamians are waking up. Boy, it sure took a long time.

Comparing Perry to Hitler while harsh is interesting though, in that they both are/were out of touch with reality towards the end, both are/were surrounded by people who lie and mis-represent themselves and the reality within their portfolios to them, both micromanage(d) their countries into the dump, both present(ed) a fairy tale utopia not attainable but at great cost to their countries.
Hitler massacred millions and caused the deaths of millions of others,
Perry (so far) has routed shanty towns.
Well, Perry has Fred for that really but Hitler had Goebbels et al.
The more interesting comparison would be the Bahamian people vs. the German people.
Both swallowed the B.S. wholesale, and blindly went along for the ride.

To begin with the painting is a Big Lie. If it were TRUE it would not have been displayed in the first place. So DEMOCRACY is alive and well in the Bahamas. But if it makes mean spirited FNMS happy, why not?. It is a mean spirited expression. Perhaps Mr: Mackey will pass it around from house to house so that they will all have a chance to hang it on their living room walls. Now that will be really special.

birdie: you are a complete and unadulterated idiot. I am very surprised that you can actually construct a sentence while at the same time supporting the PLP. You are the biggest part of the Bahamian Problem.

birdiestrachan, you are delusional or benefiting.
The painting is a sign that we can't take it any longer...we are waking up. This painting is harsh only if you are blinded to the harm this government is doing to our people and country. There are many, many more people in this country that feel what this painting represents but as we know.... victimization / loss of opportunity awaits those that dare speak up. I speak everyday to people who can only shake their heads at this government that COULD have been something good for us but instead decided to follow the same path of those before them. Corruption, deceit, incompetence and selfishness..

Those that are offended by this painting are part of the problem in this country. They are no doubt part of that "D" average holding positions that they are not qualified for and one of those benefiting family, friends and lovers.
This artist took a great risk in the name of those that couldn't, he showed us that we are not alone.

I love the painting!!! The lying and deceit depicted effectively. I'm so glad he also included the bishop in this....that political, lying hack!!!!

**........................ Artist simply depict reality of peoples consciousness ...................**

The image featuring Mr. Christie with a long nose evoking the character Pinocchio while wearing a tie of the flag of China and performing a Nazi salute was only missing him dancing around starving, depraved people.

Its art dummies! Are freedom of speech and freedom of expression dead in the Bahamas?

Ignoramuses calling the painting tasteless and disrespectful are obviously yellow shirt patriots addicted to the "all is well flavored cool aid" making them oblivious to the never seen before level of pain and suffering of the masses in the Bahamas.

The controversy surrounding this painting will make it a sought after piece, and certainly a valuable addition to a discerning collectors collection.

When has a Bahamian leader done something worthy of respect. Respect must be earned. All I hear from them are excuses: 6 billion dollars gone, and I don't know where it went. Crime is high as hell, but I don't know how to stop it. Your VAT money is safe, but you cant see how I'm spending it. What a bunch of pretenders. If you can't solve the problem you were hired to fix, then resign.

This picture should go on our money.

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Best idea of the decade!!

Comrades Minnia & Loretta from red party, why the silence in not denouncing Artist Mackey's painting, not for its lack of artistic quality but for its Nazi overtones towards the nation's PM. Be warned that this is not the only artist we have in Bahamaland who you shouldn't be motivating to release their very own red party leadership cartoons.
I have one really funny particular cartoon in that comes to immediate mind that involves a certain two red House MP's sleeping on the job. Can you imagine the uproar that would have been calling for the immediate firings had an actual real photographed been circulated of a she and he civil servant sleeping on his and her jobs?
Be careful what you wish for - cuz some among of us are artistically inclined. Talk about nasty funny.
How about a cartoon featuring ALL the red characters believed to have been touched by that alleged 600 thousand paid in US dollars BEC Bribe? Now, that ai't so funny - is it.

Pictured with Brent and Hubert front and center or on either end?

I never said I had any problem with the painting, being a "D" graded and all. Which of you would like to be first to hang it on their living room wall. it is evil. it is amazing how evil seems to over come good. What about the person who won the award. Why is there no mention of that.? The bottom lie is still the painting is a LIE. it was allowed to be on display, it would never happen under Hitler's Germany.

The painting speaks volume as it relates to the current time in the country, where there is even less trust and admiration for our "Leader". Amazingly, in 2015 we are still worried about victimization because of the ass-backward leadership we have in this country where one's right to freedom of speech can so easily be impeded upon depending on who is the Government of the day. To this I say thank you Mr. Pindling, you have taught pupils well, they have mastered the ability to weave that wand of spiteful vindictive controller over the masses to effect their desired outcome.

Birdie, does it ever make you wonder why you are always the lone dissenting voice (other than your alter ego Tal) on these blogs. Maybe, just maybe, one time, you are completely out of step with the rest of us?

Swallowing the stuff the PLP has been shoveling all these years has become an addiction to people like Birdie and others of that ilk to the extent that without a steady diet of it withdrawal symptoms set in. As Banker commented, you can lead an ass to water but you can't make him drink or think.

2015 Dante's Inferno.. #CLASSIC, #PRICELESS,#TALENT AT ITS BEST.