{"id":284923,"date":"2011-02-28T23:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T23:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/elton-john-is-depicted-breastfeeding-in-controversial-new-artwork\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T23:00:27","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T23:00:27","slug":"elton-john-is-depicted-breastfeeding-in-controversial-new-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/elton-john-is-depicted-breastfeeding-in-controversial-new-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John is depicted breastfeeding in controversial new artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"94.5154639175\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 11:00 PM on 28th February 2011<\/p>\n<p>With two fathers raising him, Sir Elton John&#8217;s baby son Zachary in unlikely to be breastfed.<\/p>\n<p>But one artist has contributed to the debate surrounding gay men fathering children by depicting the singer nursing his son.<\/p>\n<p>Irish artist Kevin Sharkey has created &#8216;Father and Son&#8217;, a startling image of a busty Elton breastfeeding a young baby &#8211; purporting to be two-month old Zachary.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/fc930bb1587_468x593.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"593\" alt=\"Thought provoking: Sir Elton John is depicted breastfeeding a baby in Kevin Sharkey's piece 'Father And Son'\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thought provoking: Sir Elton John is depicted breastfeeding a baby in Kevin Sharkey&#8217;s piece &#8216;Father And Son&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Insisting he didn&#8217;t mean to offend the pop legend, Sharkey admits he was inspired by the media hype surrounding Elton and civil partner David Furnish becoming parents in December.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining his provoking creation, Sharkey, 48, said: &#8216;I was inspired by all the hype<br \/>surrounding Elton&#8217;s baby.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s set off a new era of gay men having kids. What Elton and David are doing is very admirable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I must admit I did have a little laugh to myself while I was doing it but I know Elton has got a good sense of humour.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/2e63f182320_468x622.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"622\" alt=\"In the party mood: Elton and his civil partner David Furnish at their annual Oscar party in West Hollywood on Sunday night\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the party mood: Elton and his civil partner David Furnish at their annual Oscar party in West Hollywood on Sunday night<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;It is not meant to be offensive so I hope he sees the funny side of it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The two men, who &#8216;wed&#8217; in a civil partnership ceremony in 2005, became fathers to Zachary on December 25 through a surrogate. They haven&#8217;t disclosed which one of them is the biological father.<\/p>\n<p>Sharkey&#8217;s artwork is on sale at his Dublin gallery for $19,500 with two prospective buyers already showing an interest.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing why he decided to place Elton feeding a baby instead of David, Sharkey explained: &#8216;Elton is definitely the mum in the relationship, where David is more<br \/>like the strict masculine school teacher.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers said Sharkey&#8217;s piece raised important issues of breast milk for surrogate parents.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;The painting raises an issue about surrogacy and gay surrogacy in particular.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is very important that surrogate children have access to breast milk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know if Elton John and David Furnish are doing this but it is very important for little Zac&#8217;s development.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/fc930bb1587_468x593-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1361633\/Elton-John-depicted-breastfeeding-controversial-new-artwork.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Elton John is depicted breastfeeding in controversial new artwork\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elton John is depicted breastfeeding in controversial new artwork<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:00 PM on 28th February 2011 With two fathers raising him, Sir Elton John&#8217;s baby son Zachary in unlikely to be breastfed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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