We will not give Kenny Kunene oxygen over painting - DA
2 August 2016
Pretoria - The Democratic Alliance says it will not comment on the controversial artwork posted by businessman Kenny Kunene on social media as they don't want to give him the attention he craves.
"Kenny Kunene, we try not to give him oxygen because he clearly seeks attention," party spokesperson Phumzile Van Damme said.
"We fully respect the right of the artist to paint. We don’t agree with the message of the painting but we are not going to be like the ANC and march to galleries and take people to court.
Kunene took to social media to show a painting which displayed Mmusi Maimane, James Selfe and Helen Zille with their private parts exposed. Various comments were made with many saying it was in bad taste. Van Damme said as much as they didn't agree with the content, they respected the artist's rights to be provocative.