ENJOY|A Warhol painting vandalised in Australia as ‘environment protestors’ threat continues – WION

The pattern of environment activists vandalising valued world art pieces declines to wane. Supposedly, environment protesters glued themselves to an Andy Warhol painting at the National Art Gallery of Australia in the capital city of Canberra on Wednesday. The protesters, 2 women, came from a group called ‘Stop Fossil Fuel Subsidies Australia’ and targetted Warhol’s well-known “Campbell’s Soup I” on display screen at the gallery. They utilized an adhesive to stick themselves to the painting and burst into a monologue about the meaning of their act. “Andy Warhol portrayed consumerism freaked in this renowned series,” stated among the protesters prior to including, “And now we have actually industrialism freaked. Households are needing to select in between medication and food for their kids while nonrenewable fuel source business return record earnings.” ENJOY|WION Fineprint: Why are environment activists targeting art work? The vandalism by the duo follows in the steps of comparable episodes brought by expected ‘environment modification activists’ throughout Europe and outdoors. The method operandi is the exact same. The activists choose a popular art piece and either vandalise it or glue themselves to it while rupturing into a monologue and taping it to be published on social networks. The vandalism by the 2 protesters in Canberra comes a week after 2 activists of an environment group called Extinction Rebellion, likewise glued their hands to the frames of paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya at a museum in Madrid. Find out more: Protest or vandalism? Environment activists target 2 Goya paintings in Spain They likewise scrawled ‘+1.5 ºC’ on the wall which was a recommendation to the Paris contract of topping warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. “We enjoy it 1.5 ºC has actually passed away and yet long live the Majas, naturally. We will drown however they will still exist to advise us how well it was lying while the collapse comes.” tweeted the attire while sharing a video of the occurrence. The duo was rapidly apprehended after the event by the cops and now waits for the due judicial procedure. Find out more: UK Police launch operation versus disruptive environment modification protesters and group (With inputs from firms) WATCH WION LIVE HERE:
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