A Chicago bar has installed a timely work of art celebrating the human form: a nude portrait of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin posing with a gun (a phallic symbol!) Two questions: Why? And, um... wanna see? A semi-NSFW version of the painting, and the creepy story behind it, after the jump.

Here's what the artist, Bruce Elliott, told the Windy Citizen about how the idea came to him:

"The idea for the painting came to him a week earlier when he noticed his daughter Grace, who works behind the bar, was performing an uncanny Sarah Palin impression.

"My daughter is a heck of a stand-in for Sarah Palin. She can even do the voice," he said."

Thank you, America.

[Photo: benderbending's Flickr]

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