Ashland art patrons shoot shoes at Bush image
By Associated PressASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — Art was laced up with political statement as a gallery opened an exhibit with a paint-splattered fundraiser that featured a "shoe throw" at an image of President George W. Bush. City Councilor Eric Navickas — who opened the MAda Shell Gallery with partner Amy Godard — slathered a layer of red paint on the soles of sneakers, boots and sandals before people fired the footwear at an 8-foot image of Bush. Godard said the exhibit is a "statement of solidarity" with Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who was arrested after hurling two shoes at Bush in protest during a Baghdad news conference last month. One contributor was 91-year-old Marjorie Mather. "Wow, I didn't know that was going to be so much fun," she said after smacking a shoe into the Bush image. (Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.) The following photographs are courtesy Eric Navickas and the MAda Shell Gallery
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