The mayor of Metz, François Grosdidier, reacted on Tuesday, a day after the painting “The Origin of the World” was defaced.
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“It’s feminist extremism.”She is outraged at the microphone on Tuesday, May 7th from France Bleu Lorraine NordFrançois Grosdidier, mayor of Metz, after the painting The origin of the world was sprayed with red paint on Monday at the Center Pompidou-Metz (Moselle).
The words “Me too” were written on the glass protecting Gustave Courbet’s work. A total of five works were marked in this happening organized by the French-Luxembourgish performance artist Deborah de Robertis. This action is highlighted by the mayor of the city, who accuses the activists of defending themselves “with a pretty astonishing level of fanaticism and extremism.” your thing.
François Grosdidier believes that with this type of action “Certain political, philosophical, environmental or other causes are being completely misled by this ever more unbridled, uninhibited form of fanaticism.”.
“We are doing our best to open minds and we have people who claim to be open but who demonstrate this in complete contrast and end up joining the Taliban, the religious obscurantists who practice the same fanaticism.”
François Grosdidier, Mayor of Metzin France Bleu Lorraine Nord
In this case, two people were charged on Tuesday with “damaging cultural property during a meeting” and “theft of cultural property during a meeting,” France Bleu Lorraine learned from the Metz public prosecutor’s office.
