Politicians try to remove art work

POLITICIANS and art experts are at loggerheads over a major exhibit on display in Limerick city.

However, demands by the Mayor and members of the City Council for the removal of the work Painted have been rejected. The exhibit contains a lot of text some of which is shaded so that the words ‘Stab City’ are more apparent.

The politicians insist the exhibit by Martin Shanahan, on display in Bridge Street, is a slur on the city’s good name. Art experts insist it is the very opposite and is a protest at the negative image of Limerick.