One clever artist in Australia wanted to prove just how much Kanye West really loves himself, so he painted a humungous mural of Kanye kissing Kanye on the side of a building. Naturally, the rapper was not pleased with the painting and quickly asked that it be removed, but it's going to take a lot more than that.
The mural, which was painted by Scott Marsh in early March, shows West grabbing his own butt. It was inspired by the meme that went around after the Grammy's when West kissed his wife Kim Kardashian and grabbed her famous assets on the red carpet. West's management has contacted Marsh, asking him to paint over the wall and offering him a "pretty decent chunk of money," but Marsh is asking for even more.
A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Feb 9, 2015 at 6:25am PST
"I'm offering an oversized print which has been painted over for $100,000," Marsh explained. "It's an open invitation to Kanye. If he buys that print then I'll paint over the mural."
In addition to the six-figure payment, Marsh is also asking for a lifetime supply of the rapper's hard-to-get Yeezy sneakers. He has given West just two weeks to buy the print from his online art store. The artist is a huge fan of West and thought he'd appreciate his work.
"This is the first piece of mine to receive a large amount of international attention," Marsh said. "I supposed if Kanye really loves Kanye as much as everyone says he does, Kanye on Kanye action would be right up his alley."
Kanye isn't the only member of the West family on display in Australia, either, as just meters down the same wall is a large mural of his wife in the nude, which was inspired by her recent nude Instagram photo. The street artist who painted this one is named "lushsux" and apparently, this mural was "not pre-approved" and the City of Sydney Council has ordered lushsux to remove it as neighbors have complained.
The same artist also painted another mural of Kardashian's other nude photo, which the reality star has approved herself. "How good is this mural of my Insta selfie?!?" she wrote on her website in a post about her favorite fan accounts. "It's on a wall in Melbourne, Australia!"
"Whether you like it or not, it's art," Marsh said of the murals. "So some people like it, some people don't. It's all open to interpretation."
