Red cop on Yellow vest, Painting

"Red cop on Yellow vest" is a painting created by contemporary French artist painter Eric Bourdon with acrylic art paint on linen canvas stretched on a wooden support frame. The artwork is varnished and ready to hang. The 'Yellow vests' or 'Yellow jackets' (French: 'Gilets jaunes') is a social movement that began in France in November 2018, motivated by rising fuel prices, high cost of living, and claims that a disproportionate burden of the government’s tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes. The 'Yellow vests' protests have involved demonstrations and the blocking of roads and fuel depots. The police response, resulting in multiple incidences of loss of eye, and protesters being bludgeoned for no reason, has been widely criticised by national and international media. Police violence ended replacing the cost of living as the first reason for discontent. © Eric Bourdon