Serial Killers
Ted Bundy
Myra Hindley
Myra Hindley was a serial killer that committed rapes and murders of five children between 1963 and 1964 with the help of her boyfriend at the time Ian Brady. David Smith, Myra's brother in law, tipped off law enforcement in 1965 after witnessing one of Brady's murders. Despite being found guilty for three murders and being sentenced for life, Myra tried to regain her freedom by confessing to the five murders and applying for parole. Her efforts failed and she eventually died in jail in 2002 from respiratory failure. For Myra Hindley's full biography click here.
Her mug shot picture, shown above, has become a public symbol of evil over the years through continuous British media reproduction even years after Myra's conviction. A painting was created in 1995 by Marcus Harvey of the iconic police photograph of Myra. It is a black and white painting composed of white, grey, and black infant handprints to make up Myra's mug shot picture.
The painting turned out to be controversial despite it being displayed at the Sensation exhibition of Young British Artists at the Royal Academy of Art in London from September to December in 1997. Two citizens tried to deface the painting by throwing ink and an egg on the painting in protest of the glamorization and profitability of a murderer.
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/myra-hindley
Alexa Wright
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/arts-sensation-as-ink-and-egg-are-thrown-at-hindley-portrait-1239892.html
picture:https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/artpages/aipe_marcus_harvey_myra.htm
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