Artist Jonathan Yeo created this portrait of Paris Hilton (purchased by uber-cool artist Damien Hirst!) using nothing but old porn magazines. You may have heard about the "other" work he is currently exhibiting in the London art gallery -- a portrait of George W. Bush using the same medium.This Yeo fellow clearly has a knack for knowing when not to waste paint. FOX News reports: "He got the idea for the collages following the cancellation of a commission by the White House to paint Bush in 2004. He made the portrait, anyway, but in the form of a collage using pieces of pornographic magazines.Barrett said posters of the Hilton portrait, titled "Paris, 2008," will be sold for $20 each at the gallery. She said Yeo was offering Hilton proceeds from the sale of the posters as a "lighthearted" gesture because the hotel heiress has said she didn't receive any money from the notorious 2004 sex video that starred her and then-boyfriend Rick Salomon." Aww...Yeo is into charity too! Artists with a heart... I love it!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428263,00.html
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