Washington
(ANI):
English
musician
Pete
Doherty's
exhibition
of
paintings
has
sparked
outrage
among
anti-drugs
campaigners,
as
the
artworks
were
made
with
drug
needles
and
the
rocker's
own
blood.
Doherty
had
thirty
pieces
of
his
artwork
on
show
at
the
Chappe
Gallery
in
Paris,
France
this
week.
However
he
was
not
able
to
attend
the
launch
of
the
show
as
he
is
currently
behind
bars
serving
a
14-week
sentence
at
a
London
jail
for
breaching
the
terms
of
his
probation.
Ever
since
the
show
opened,
Doherty
has
been
widely
condemned
by
anti-drugs
groups
for
glamorising
the
use
of
illegal
substances
in
his
artwork.
There
was
even
a
drawing
of
ex-girlfriend
Kate
Moss
with
his
signature
scrawled
in
blood.
The
29-year-old
also
failed
to
impress
art
experts,
with
David
West,
owner
of
London's
Decima
gallery.
"It's
not
got
any
artistic
merit.
He's
using
his
blood
to
make
them
interesting,
but
when
you
look
at
them
they're
what
any
four-year-old
can
do," Contactmusic
quoted
him
as
saying.