On the night of December 4 to 5, the Toulouse exhibition featuring same-sex couples has been vandalized. A few days later, clichés have simply disappeared.
Is it possible to exhibit outdoors today in France without taking may be subject to damage because the work proposed dislike? Paul McCarthy and Anish Kapoor asked themselves the question, it is now the turn of Olivier Ciappa to question.
The French photographer unveiled in early December in Toulouse The couples of the Republic , sixty photographs featuring celebrities (Eva Longoria, Elie Semoun, Melanie Laurent …) through parent families, with disabilities, or homosexual.
In the night of December 4 to 5, most of these photos were tagged by young spotted by a passerby. “It was a group of six people aged 18-20 years. They claimed to be Catholics and saying ‘against the promotion of this way of life’, while claiming to have themselves a gay friend “, had then explained what Toulousain.
artist’s Anger
In response, the municipality of Toulouse had therefore announced that it will unveil again by December 7, the original photos while leaving highlight the degraded images.
” Religious extremists, it’s everywhere. Not in Toulouse! “
Now, these pictures which were again being exposed were immediately stolen.
The announcement was made by Olivier Ciappa on his Facebook account. “They saw that the plundering, all the press showed the damaged panels. This time, new technology: no trace, we do everything disappear as if the exhibition had never existed. And like that, no way can see, “says the photographer.
In an interview with France 3 Midi-Pyrénées, Olivier Ciappa currently in Los Angeles, says his anger. “The exhibition has been seen in lots of countries in the world for three years and it is only in France that there are damages, as was the case in Paris in 2013,” says the artist who also returns to the homophobic image associated with the city of Toulouse. “We know that degraded these pictures. These are 5 or 6 people. Or religious extremists, it’s everywhere. Not in Toulouse! “Says Olivier Ciappa.
A new exhibition
When contacted, the deputy mayor of the Pink City in charge of culture, Francis Grass, condemns the vandalism. “Artists can express themselves in Toulouse and there is a need to respect the work. As can also express their political opinions, but certainly not the way there, “he responded.
The elected also ensures that photos will again exposed” by the weekend -end best “… in a safe, enclosed space, this time
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