By Alex Greenberger. Senior Editor, ARTnews. Now, there is a new twist in the ongoing saga: the man who sprayed paint on the work was a former politician associated with the National Rally, the far-right political party whose members also include Marine Le Pen. The painting, fuck abstraction! It features a smaller figure with its hands bound performing fellatio on a taller, muscular one. Cahn stated that she painted the work after encountering reports in about mass graves in Bucha and war crimes perpetrated by Russians against Ukrainians, including forms of sexual assault.
She and the Palais de Tokyo made this context explicit in the form of texts made available to the public, and the museum took measures to keep minors from seeing the work. Some organizations even unsuccessfully sued to have the piece taken off view. The vandalism took place on Sunday. In a picture published by Franceinfo , the work appears to be spattered with purple paint that obscuresβbut does not entirely hideβthe scene beneath it. Many have argued that the pushback against the work is a willful attempt to control what can be shown in museums and what artists are allowed to represent.
In France, art is always free and respect for cultural creation is guaranteed. These tense debates continued shortly after the Le Monde report was published. Freedom of expression is also that. According to Le Monde , the Palais de Tokyo has filed a complaint regarding the vandalism. The vandalβwhether it is Chassin or someone elseβcould face a , euro fine and seven years in prison.
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