The destruction of an paintings by Ai Weiwei has been condemned as a “reckless and senseless act” of vandalism by the exhibition’s curator.
A 57-year-old Czech man was arrested after smashing to items a big blue and white Porcelain Dice at Bologna’s Palazzo Fava museum on Friday, native studies mentioned.
The exhibition’s curator Arturo Galansino known as it an act of “vandalism” made worse as a result of a number of the works on show “explore the theme of destruction itself”.
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The Chinese language artist’s depiction of battle “is a warning against the violence and injustice perpetrated by those in power, and has nothing to do with this violent, potentially dangerous, reckless and senseless act,” he added.
Mr Galansino described the suspect as “an habitual troublemaker seeking attention by damaging artists, works, monuments and institutions”.
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The dice, a part of the exhibition Who am I?, was destroyed at an invitation-only occasion earlier than the present opened to the general public, as scheduled, on Saturday.
Organisers eliminated the fragments, because the artist requested, and a life-sized print of the piece with a label explaining what occurred was put in as an alternative.
Ai shared CCTV footage of the assault on his Instagram account, which confirmed the person hanging across the piece earlier than shifting out of the blue behind it and pushing it off its show stand so it smashed on the gallery ground.
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The person then held a damaged fragment in a gesture of triumph, earlier than the museum’s safety employees tackled him, pulling him onto the ground.
Italian media reported the arrested man mentioned he was an artist and was recognized for focusing on necessary artistic endeavors up to now.
It’s nonetheless unclear how he obtained into Friday’s occasion.
