Recently two so-called “climate activists” glued the hands of one of them to the protractive glass covering a Monet painting of Giverny and also smeared it with red paint. They were protesting the lack of action on climate change. In April at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, two “eco-activists” painted trees and faces onto the plinth of the Degas sculpture “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen.” They used red and black paint to symbolize blood and oil.
Do you know why these jerks are picking on art? Because it is a soft target. If they really wanted to protest, why not blow up an oil refinery or a nuclear power plant? Oh, wait. That would land you in jail, or get you shot. So much easier to go into a museum and pretend you are doing something meaningful.
I remember a lesson you taught us in PoliSci about protestors' actions that are seen so negatively, they have the opposite effect and turn off the general public to whatever cause the activists might be fighting for. At least, I am pretty sure that was you.
ReplyDeleteThat lesson always stuck with me.