For the second time, eco-activists flood a framework to draw attention to climate change – after van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” soupthis time the target was a famous painting by Claude Monet worth $ 110 million.
Two members of the German group “Last Generation” threw mashed potatoes on the fine work of art entitled “Les Meules” in the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, writes “Now”.
The footage shared on social media shows two people wearing orange jackets approaching the painting. Then they throw two bowls of mashed potatoes at her before sticking their hands to the ground.
Sharing the video on the group’s Twitter account, a spokesperson for the group said: “If you need a photo – with # Mashed Potatoes or # Tomato Soup (# Mashed Potatoes or # Tomato Soup – ed) to remind the audience that the course of fossil fuels is killing us all: then we give you # Mashed Potatoes on a painting! ” (# Mashed potatoes on a painting – ed.)
The action comes nine days after Just Stop Oil activists poured tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s priceless Sunflowers painting at the National Gallery in London. The canvas was not damaged because it was covered with glass.
