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After Sarah Palin nude, a Rod Blagojevich nude?

by Amy Judd | December 20, 2008 at 05:33 pm

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As the controversy surrounding Rod Blagojevich continues, artist Bruce Elliot who previously painted Sarah Palin nude, is now working on a nude of Blagojevich.

It is nearly complete and will hang on the wall of Elliot's wife's bar, The Old Town Ale House in Chicago, next to the nude Sarah Palin.

A nude portrait of the governor, by artist Bruce Elliott, is nearly complete and will hang on the wall of Elliott's wife's bar, the Old Town Ale House, next to his infamous depiction of a naked Sarah Palin. It is the next installment in what Elliott loosely calls his "nude governor series."

Elliott cites many sources of inspiration for the painting, which shows the governor, who was arrested last week on corruption charges, preparing for a potential first day of incarceration. Among them: the extent of the governor's alleged misdeeds and the artist's desire to respond to criticism from Republicans and women about the Palin portrait by painting a Democrat in the buff.

"I was stunned when I found out what that criminal complaint [outlined]," Elliott said as he examined the painting in his Old Town studio. "Hopefully, someone is going to find this irreverent."

The painting is entitled 'The Cavity Search' and involves Blagojevich handcuffed to a fence with an orange jumpsuit around his knees, and an onlooker pulling on a rubber glove.

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