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Art in the austerity age

Artists and protesters depict their debt crisis woes

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Art in the austerity age

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  1. A man smokes next to a piece of street art in east London, October 9, 2012. REUTERS-Andrew Winnin

  2. A man walks past a graffiti depicting a man on crutches holding a sign which reads 'Health Kaput' in Athens June 7, 2012. Greece's rundown state hospitals are cutting off vital drugs, limiting non-urgent operations and rationing even basic medical materials for exhausted doctors as a combination of economic crisis and political stalemate strangle health funding. With Greece now in its fifth year of deep recession, trapped under Europe's biggest public debt burden and dependent on international help to keep paying its bills, the effects are starting to bite deeply into vital services. REUTERS-Yorgos Karahali

  3. A man walks past graffiti about the euro zone debt crisis with a message reading: 'Hope for Greece, Hope for us', on a street in Lisbon June 15, 2012. REUTERS-Hugo Correi

  4. Students from music schools of Athens paint at a square in front of the parliament during an anti-austerity rally in Athens October 2, 2012. REUTERS-John Kolesidi

  5. Artist Kaya Mar holds his caricature of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, at a rally in Hyde Park, during a protest organized by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), called 'The March for the Alternative,' in central London March 26, 2011. REUTERS-Suzanne Plunket

  6. A civil servant holds a placard depicting Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as a vulture during a protest against government austerity measures as they block Madrid's main street Paseo de la Castellana August 1, 2012. The placard reads, 'Civil servants, you will shit yourself'. REUTERS-REUTERS-Juan Medin

  7. Tourists have their photo taken as they stick out their heads from a cardboard painting depicting Madrid's Puerta del Sol at the encampment in Puerta del Sol June 2, 2011. The t-shirts read: 'We Are Sol' and 'We want another world'. REUTERS-Susana Ver

  8. A man rides his bicycle past graffiti painted on a wall in Burgos, central Spain, June 28, 2012. The graffiti reads in Spanish: '50,000 million for rescuing banks and five million unemployed'. REUTERS-Feliz Ordone

  9. A man walks past a wall mural with the words 'fight' and 'rebels' (bottom) on a street in Lisbon April 14, 2011. In Lisbon, union leaders were preparing their response to what they expect to be harsher austerity as Brussels and IMF officials put together new measures in return for a loan. REUTERS-Jose Manuel Ribeir

  10. A poster depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde hangs in front of the Greek parliament during an anti-austerity demonstration in Athens' Syntagma (Constitution) square February 12, 2012. REUTERS-Yiorgos Karahali

  11. A demonstrator holds up a mobile consisting of cut-outs depicting Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (L), Santander bank chairman Emilio Botin and Socialist Workers' Party leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in front of Madrid's City Hall during an unemployment protest against government austerity measures in Madrid July 21, 2012. REUTERS-Javier Barbanch

  12. A portrait of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, featuring him as a clown, is hung from a noose during a rally against a new austerity package in Athens' Constitution (Syntagma) square June 2, 2011. REUTERS-John Kolesidi

  13. A demonstrator puts up banners on the main statue of a bear in Madrid's Puerta del Sol May 22, 2011. REUTERS-Paul Hann

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