Two-faced Rooney in line for prize

Another Rooney masterpiece
11 April 2012
The Weekender

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An image of a roaring Wayne Rooney was shortlisted for an art prize today.

The piece is titled "Folk who drive their cars at high speed through our city centres, folk who say they can't read when they can, folk who spout racist @& ! in taxis".

Those phrases also appear on the piece, along with other text about social irritants.

The work was one of seven shortlisted for the £10,000 Comme Ca Art prize, which takes place in Liverpool in November.

Artist Alan Dunn created the piece in January, when Rooney still played for his boyhood team, Everton FC. He has since signed for Manchester United.

He said: "Rooney seems to have two sides to his personality and he displays them both very openly.

"In the larger image you can see his aggression and in the smaller one he seems much calmer.

"I have been making art about football for 15 years and I like the characters that show dark and light.

"The phrases are things that annoy me. They are a grumpy old man sort of thing."

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