Some pictures of Thibault Stipal, featuring couples kissing were slashed with a Stanley knife. The retrospective has already created controversy when it opened in early July.
The exhibition was supposed to represent universal love. This weekend, The Kiss , free retrospective Royan located in the park was vandalized. Several shots of Thibault Stipal, featuring heterosexuals, homosexuals, minors or older people kissing, were slashed with a Stanley knife.
During installation of her photos the artist feared damage. But he never imagined such a reaction: “I expected tags, something a little less violent. I really had a feeling that people were suffering from a lack of love, but it was in no way a provocative project, “he told France 3.
The deputy mayor LR of the city, Didier Quentin laments of such behavior and evokes the “spirit of tolerance and freedom of expression so dear to our country.” He also said he wanted to reprint the photos quickly.
The retrospective has already sparked controversy when it opened in early July, as recalled by South West . A father, shocked, said: “It is monstrous to show what kind of pictures to kids.” At the time, the mayor had already stated its support for Stipal Thibault, calling for “tolerance and the spirit of 7 January.”
The incident echoes that occurred in 2013 in Paris, where three people were arrested for having torn photos of an exhibition against homophobia, featuring “imaginary couples” homosexuals.
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