WATCH ABOVE: We sat down with Scott Marsh last year.
A mural depicting disgraced radio shock jock Alan Jones silenced by a bright red ball gag has appeared in Sydney’s Chippendale.
It’s the handiwork of street artist Scott Marsh who announced the mural via Instagram with the caption ‘Better than a sock…’.
Marsh also filmed himself throwing a balled up pair of socks at the mural and posted it to his Instagram story.
The artwork is in reaction to Jones’ widely derided comments that Prime Minister Scott Morrison should “shove a sock” down the throat of NZ PM Jacinda Ardern over her comments about the climate crisis.
Jones is one in a long line of targets for Marsh’s acid-tinged paintcan.
Marsh most recently took his work international, recreating a mural called #Pray near St Peter’s Basilica at The Vatican in Rome.
The piece depicts convicted pedophile George Pell shackled and begging, being loomed over by a devil-like figure.
Originally appearing near St Mary’s Cathedral in central Sydney, where Pell once conducted mass, the mural was quickly painted over due to “complaints from members of the public who find the painting offensive.”
Marsh also weighed in on the Israel Folau religious freedom saga, painting a smug Folau resting on a sports car begging for money in reaction to his crowdfunding for legal expenses.
Folau’s mural also came with a remixed bible verse that read, “The righteous shall taketh from the punters for the divinity of one's property portfolio is most sacred in the eyes of the lord, Amen!”
While he remains anonymous, Marsh gained mainstream notoriety for a 2017 piece depicting Tony Abbott and Cardinal George Pell as a bride and stripper was painted over by enraged locals just 24 hours after it was created.
“The Cardinal Pell piece was more about Tony Abbott and the [same sex marriage] plebiscite,” Marsh told The Feed’s Marty Smiley.
“I was pretty aware of the relationship between Cardinal Pell and Abbott so I thought he’d make a pretty good subject as a male stripper.”
Some people didn’t like it but I thought it was fucking hilarious.
Jones has since apologised to Ardern for his comments, claiming that he did not intend any harm with his comments.
In response to the controversy, Macquarie Media chairman Russell Tate released a statement saying that Jones was on his last chance.
“I have today discussed the matter with Alan and advised him that any recurrence of commentary of this nature will result in the termination of his contract," he said.
