Climate protesters goal Warhol artwork in Australian gallery

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Climate protesters in Australia on Wednesday scrawled graffiti and glued themselves to an Andy Warhol art work depicting Campbell’s soup cans however didn’t seem to break the piece as a result of it’s encased in glass.

It was the most recent incident during which local weather protesters have focused an iconic piece of artwork with out inflicting everlasting injury. Other protesters have thrown soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London and mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet portray in Germany.

A bunch referred to as Stop Fossil Fuel Subsidies posted video to social media exhibiting two girls making use of blue graffiti to 5 of 10 display screen prints by Warhol depicting Campbell’s soup cans after which gluing themselves to the work on the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

“We’re in a climate emergency,” one of many girls shouts.

The group mentioned its members have been highlighting the risks of capitalism by gluing themselves to a piece that depicts “consumerism gone mad.”

“While Australians starve, government pays $22,000 a minute to subsidize fossil fuels,” the group wrote on Twitter.

The protest ended rapidly with the ladies being escorted from the constructing earlier than the glue had time to set.

The massive art work is known as “Campbell’s Soup I” and was created by Warhol in New York in 1968, based on the museum. The protesters focused the decrease set of 5 prints that are extra simply accessible.

The gallery mentioned in an announcement {that a} protest had taken place following related incidents elsewhere in Australia and abroad. The gallery mentioned it “does not wish to promote these actions and has no further comment.”

A police spokesperson mentioned officers had responded to an incident involving two individuals on the gallery however at this level hadn’t made any arrests.