Nelson Shanks is an artist who got the incredible opportunity to paint former President Bill Clinton's official presidential portrait for the National Gallery of Art.
That's quite an honor. So, naturally he decided to stick it to Clinton.
Here in Grand Rapids there's an annual art contest called ArtPrize.
It's a 19-day city-wide art exhibit in which artists display their work for everyone to see. People and a juried panel then vote on which pieces they think are the best and the winners receive $560,000 in cash prizes. There are many mediums, including paintings, drawings, sculpture and even performance art.
One piece was titled
Well, maybe you think it's cool. Maybe you'll think it's cruel. If you wonder what this is, you'll have to watch this video. Somebody went to a lot of work to make this sculpture! Some creatures even gave their entire lives.