Making An Exhibition of Bush: Another Art Controversy

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I read in the Guardian that The New York Public Library is displaying a photo exhibit featuring images of Bush administration officials doctored to look like police mug shots. Curious, I went on an internet search to see what the controversial photos look like, since they weren't shown in the Guardian article, entitled "Anger As Library Makes An Exhibition of Bush."
The six pictures were created by Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese and privately financed, but the library itself receives public funds. Included were Cheney, Rice, Rove, Gonzales and Rumsfeld, who probably don't need introductions at this point. The dates on the images match days when each official spoke about Iraq in questionable ways, displayed with sound clips of them speaking, a camera flash going off and a prison door closing. The display was criticized by local Republicans but the library stated the exhibit "has no political agenda" and that the library traditionally collects political satire and caricature. "It's the mission of the library to document what's happening in the culture, and this is an artist's response to what's happening to the world around them," said the library spokesperson.
The Guardian article did not include the photos or links to them, nor did the AP or Canadian stories. USA Today showed one image, which was credited as "captured from a You Tube video." MyFox of Kansas City's link to the story said simply, "We're sorry. There are no stories currently available for this section". The YouTube video below was located by Searching for "Bush mug" at You Tube's site ("a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S3UInWPeqc">the link), where the one critic stated that there were no Democrats.

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