King Charles portrait with Jimmy Savile medal shown in Brighton | The Argus
An artist has defended his work after visitors to an art exhibition were shocked to see a painting of newly coronated King Charles wearing a Jim’ll Fix It medal.
The portrait, dubbed The Company One Keeps, depicts Charles wearing the medal - alluding to the King’s previous relationship with the notorious paedophile.
Art fans visiting the Artists Open House displays said they were “upset” by the “disrespectful” portrait. The artist behind the piece has stood up for his work, adding it is the job of the artist to “provoke debates”.
Saltdean-based artist Jake Fern said: “No one is talking about the fact that he [then Prince Charles] was friends with one of the worst paedophiles in history. Or that his brother [Andrew]was friends with [paedophile] Jeffrey Epstein.
“A lot of people clock it and then they give me eye contact.
“No one really wants to talk about it but the job of the artist is to provoke debates. It’s looking at the evidence in a critical way.
“I think I’m going to do Andrew next but I don’t know how.”
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