Freedom of Expression Censored

Christopher Savido, a twenty-three year old painter from Pittsburgh, had his art work removed from a New York City art show for displaying a painting made of monkeys.

The 60-piece show was closed by management after the reveal of Savido's 'Bush Monkeys' which was originally scheduled to last over a month. The show had more than 2,000 visitors during the first day.

The painting shows a picture of George W. Bush from afar, but the closer you get you can see it is made of little monkeys.

Savido stated the closing of the show was "a blatant act of censorship."

"This is much deeper than art. This is fundamental American rights, freedom of speech," Savido said. "To see that something like this can happen, especially in a place like New York City is mind boggling and scary."