When two adolescent protestors covered a Monet painting in mashed potatoes in Germany, the continuing practice of climate activists defiling precious pieces of art continues.
Two members of the group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) bathed Claude Monet’s “Les Meules” painting with mashed potatoes on Sunday at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany, before adhering themselves to the wall. According to estimates, the 130-year-old picture is worth $111 million.
“If it takes a painting – with #MashedPotatoes or #TomatoSoup thrown at it – to make society remember that the fossil fuel course is killing us all: Then we’ll give you #MashedPotatoes on a painting!” Letzte Generation tweeted Sunday while sharing a video of the incident.
People are perishing from starvation, cold, and other causes. According to Der Tagesspiegel, protester Mirjam Herrmann exclaimed at the audience, “We are in a climatic crisis.
Hermann yelled, “Science predicts we won’t be able to feed our families by 2050.” If we have to battle for food, this artwork will be useless.
Fortunately, there was no long-term damage to the picture, and a museum representative informed Der Tagesspiegel that the activists had been removed off the wall very soon.
Museum director Ortrud Westheider remarked, “I am horrified by the techniques with which they are trying to add weight to their demands, even though I appreciate the activists’ genuine anxiety in the face of the climate disaster.
Ursula Nonnemacher, leader of the Brandenburg Green Party, even denounced the demonstration on Twitter. “Attacks on well-known artworks do not help the battle against the climate catastrophe. Instead, she tweeted, “We need wide societal agreement.
The demonstration comes after a comparable occurrence in London, England, in which two anti-oil activists drenched Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in tomato soup. Additionally, the $85 million artwork suffered no long-term harm.
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