Adrian Parsons — the artist whose video montage depicting an ant-swarmed Jesus Christ was removed from the National Portrait Gallery after the conservative noise machine screamed sacrilege — is staging a solo protest.
At 7 p.m. yesterday, artist Adrian Parsons stood alone in front of the National Portrait Gallery with no gloves in 38-degree weather. A McDonalds coffee keeps one hand warm, and a box being used as a sign keeps the other covered up. On one side of that box, Parsons has written “National Censor Gallery.” The other side says, “Support Censor the Arts.” He’s been in front of the gallery since 2 p.m., which is less than 24 hours after director Martin Sullivan bowed to conservative pressure and removed a work of art by David Wojnarowicz that politicians had deemed offensive.
