Fairen zapata nude (photos)

The painting displayed as part of an exhibit of artworks about Zapata in the Fine Arts Palace shows a nude man with the revolutionary’s signature mustache astride a horse. He’s wearing high heels and striking a seductive pose.

But one small, 11-inch-by-14-inch piece by Fabian Chairez (no relation), titled “La Revolucion,” has caused a big uproar in Mexico because the painting depicts Zapata as feminine and nude, wearing a pink sombrero and high heels shaped like pistols and riding a white horse with an erection. The curator of the exhibit stirred controversy when he used that painting to promote the exhibit.