October 29, 2017

On the top floor of the Myanmar Traditional Artists and Artisans Association in Yangon, the organisation’s vice-president stands behind his latest creation.

It is a towering portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, robed in pink and white, a concerned expression on her face. “If Oxford University takes down one portrait of her, we want to create 2,000 more,” says the painter, who goes by the name K Kyaw.

Days earlier he had joined dozens of others at the gallery to protest against the decision of St Hugh's college to take down a painting of Myanmar’s leader by making their own.

Read more:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/28/myanmar-fears-junta-return-rohingya-suu-kyi