Chris Huhne: Immortalised in the National Portrait Gallery

Posted: October 25, 2014 by tallbloke in Accountability, humour, ideology, Politics, Robber Barons
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Artist Perry Grayson has made a vase decorated with motifs related to Chris Huhne, smashed it with a lump hammer, and repaired it, before displaying it in the National Portrait Gallery.

Grayson Perry vase

Grayson Perry’s vase features speed cameras, penises, Huhne, his mobile phone, personalised number plates, and wind turbines.

The Guardian omits mentioning the wind turbines in its write up. Grayson Perry explains his approach:

He was there as a powerful white male who potentially was going to lose some of that power. I was interested in what effect prison and that condemnation would have on his confidence and identity.  Of course he hasn’t changed. There’s not a flicker. I was fascinated and appalled. I’m white, male, middle-aged myself, and if there’s one aspect I feel alienated by, it’s the class thing. So to see someone with that chutzpah and bullet-proof, Teflon, confidence close up is fascinating. And sort of horrifying. At one point, he bragged and said something like, ‘I must be the only politician who comes out of prison without changing’.

Of course, we know why Huhne was so smug on his release from the comfy nick where he served a fraction of his sentence. He’d already got some fat directorships with ‘green energy’ companies and a rehabilitation by the BBC lined up.

Comments
  1. oldbrew says:

    ‘Artist Perry Grayson has made a vase decorated with motifs related to Chris Huhne, smashed it with a lump hammer, and repaired it, before displaying it in the National Portrait Gallery.’

    Cue crackpot jokes 🙂

  2. Joe Public says:

    A clay vase can be repaired; Hahne’s reputation & credibility remain smashed forever.

  3. Neil Hampshire says:

    You mentioned the mobile phone, personal number plate etc.
    You omitted to mention the phallic symbol just above his head

  4. Stephen Richards says:

    Neil Hampshire says:

    October 26, 2014 at 6:54 am

    Penises are in the script.

  5. tchannon says:

    No EU symbols.

    MEP, Was on an EU funded journey, was out of IAI parking paid by EU and got zapped by nonsense intended by his kind for the sheep.

  6. Mike says:

    Huhne has been wrong on every level. This pamphlet on joining the Euro is illustrative of his stupidity.

    Click to access RL334D.pdf

  7. craigm350 says:

    Reblogged this on CraigM350 and commented:
    “The Huhne vase has been decorated with the motifs of Huhne’s face, his H11HNE number plate and a penis.” 😀

  8. Zeke says:

    “…and if there’s one aspect I feel alienated by, it’s the class thing. So to see someone with that chutzpah and bullet-proof, Teflon, confidence close up is fascinating. And sort of horrifying. At one point, he bragged and said something like, ‘I must be the only politician who comes out of prison without changing’.”

    Shamelessness is the only virtue with that “class.”

    It is conventionally known as the “will to power,” but it is shameless in every other area of life as well.

  9. tallbloke says:

    Oh, now that’s a shame…

    http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-05-09/huhne-hit-with-77k-legal-bill-for-speeding-points-trial/

  10. oldbrew says:

    Is that a world record for a speeding offence?

  11. tchannon says:

    Poor chap. No more effect than prison where as he said, nothing to it.

    Somehow I doubt we have heard the last of him.