Credit: Olivier Ciappa – DR
Six individuals vandalized photographs
It was an exhibition that was to symbolize tolerance but five days after installation, the photographs of the “Imaginary couples” were vandalized by six young people on the night of Friday to Saturday, December 5 in Toulouse. Several pictures of Olivier Ciappa were exposed since early last week to the gates of the Grand Rond garden in Toulouse. The images represent, explains the photographer, “celebrities posing for imaginary gay couples “of straight couples,” couples of all ages, different colors … “.
But this exposure has not pleased some who have tagged photographs. Messages like “Shame” or “PD”, were enrolled on the pictures with babies on the banner of the association L’Autre circle Midi-Pyrénées, which has brought the exhibition .
In a long message posted on Facebook and accompanied by photographs of his works destroyed, the artist remarks that “ violence comes at two days of elections. In two days of future success almost guaranteed to regional FN. This same FN coming anyway to announce want to delete all the LGBT associations subsidies if elected. “
Based in Toulouse on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of L’Autre circle Midi-Pyrénées, an LGBT organization fighting against discrimination dan the world of work, the exhibition had already suffered the same reception during its passage Paris. Vandalized once, she was sacked again after being replaced. Since his message on Facebook, the artist receives several unequivocal messages.
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