Current Events > Protestors throw soup on Van Gogh painting to protest fossil fuel extraction

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/10/14/climate-protest-soup-van-gogh-sunflowers/10494863002/

https://twitter.com/andrewdoyle_com/status/1580872772590239746

That is a bold strategy. Dont see how this would change the mind of British government or Oil companies messing with a million dollar painting.

That'll show Van Gogh, the man responsible for oil. /s

Idiots

I suppose they just want the publicity since it's not like they damaged the glass covered painting. I don't see how this really helps the cause, though.

Yeah the destruction of art is like... what the fuck are you doing.

There are very few actions that will immediately and permanently cause me to scorn a person and the particular cause / message they represent. Iconoclasm / fine art vandalism is right at the top of that very short list.

Are we sure he's not just a big Andy Warhol fan?

Van Gough the painter
Oil paintings
Big Oil
Oil Can
Soup Can
Soup

See, I got there. Pretty easy logic path to follow

To be clear, the painting was protected by glass. No permanent damage was done to it.

That said, what is with these people? This is like the 5th time I've heard about someone throwing something at a painting and/or gluing themselves to it in the name of environmentalism. Why this specific set of actions against this specific kind of object? There's no correlation.

ArchNemo posted...

Are we sure he's not just a big Andy Warhol fan?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34

Yeah that makes sense

Well, were here talking about it, which is the point, so in a limited sense it worked.

Were they gluing themselves to the wall?

pokedude900 posted...

That said, what is with these people? This is like the 5th time I've heard about someone throwing something at a painting and/or gluing themselves to it in the name of environmentalism. Why this specific set of actions against this specific kind of object? There's no correlation.

literally monkey see, monkey do

I'm gonna burn twice as much fuel to stick it to them!

Nice they made it look better too

Ah yes, when I think of burning of fossil fuels I too get the desire to pour soup over the post-impressionism works of art of the man known as Vincent Van Gogh.

Crimsoness posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34

:3 I'll be here all week

Thankfully nothing happened to the painting. I just hope those 3 idiots get into some deep doodoo.

Good.

TentacleDemon posted...

Were they gluing themselves to the wall?

thats what I was assuming. Theyre gonna have fun with that.

I thought the original of this was in Philly?

Jump_Fangirl posted...

I thought the original of this was in Philly?

Famous works tend to go on tour. It was probably only loaned to Philly for a little while.

I heard Van Gogh can be somewhat of an acquired taste

Its behind glass right?

God DANG it, learn your art!

You're thinking of Andy Warhol, not VVG.

I should throw soup onto a canvas and sell it as art.

AloneIBreak posted...

Well, were here talking about it, which is the point, so in a limited sense it worked.

People are really only talking about how stupid and shitty they are. So all theyve done is ensured that when people think climate activist one of the examples that zips through their heads are these morons.

Van Gogh is rolling in his grave

People care more about art than the planet

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Get it in the news because it is obvious nothing else is working.
A young girl expressing herself and begging world leaders to listen to science turned into ridicule and memes.

The protests will get more and more drastic until people listen and things change. That's how protests work.

I do wonder if they knew about the glass protecting it when they did it.

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Van Gough the painter
Oil paintings
Big Oil
Oil Can
Soup Can
Soup

See, I got there. Pretty easy logic path to follow

Hehe, Niiicee!
Well Played.

Hinakuluiau posted...

Get it in the news because it is obvious nothing else is working.
A young girl expressing herself and begging world leaders to listen to science turned into ridicule and memes.

The protests will get more and more drastic until people listen and things change. That's how protests work.

As someone who believes in climate change, "We will continue to escalate our violence until our demands are met" isn't protesting. It's terrorism. Now, if you want to argue that terrorism is necessary here you go ahead and do that, but let's not mince words.

Hinakuluiau posted...

People care more about art than the planet

I've said before many times that one of the few things that elevates humanity beyond the status of a particularly-successful virus is our shared art history. I'm also of the opinion that when you attempt to deface or destroy that art for the sake of your contemporary drama, you instantly lower yourself back down to 'virus' status (there are of course exceptions to this, but this instance ain't one of them).

Soup will save the world.
Soup is the truth.
Soup will show us the path.

Make some soup, change the world.

s0nicfan posted...

As someone who believes in climate change, "We will continue to escalate our violence until our demands are met" isn't protesting. It's terrorism. Now, if you want to argue that terrorism is necessary here you go ahead and do that, but let's not mince words.

History says otherwise. The civil rights protestors were called terrorists at the time when they took to the streets and other violent protests.

masterpug53 posted...

I've said before many times that one of the few things that elevates humanity beyond the status of a particularly-successful virus is our shared art history. I'm also of the opinion that when you attempt to deface or destroy that art for the sake of your contemporary drama, you instantly lower yourself back down to 'virus' status (there are of course exceptions to this, but this instance ain't one of them).

I stand by what I said, but in this particular example I don't believe they even sought to destroy it. The painting has a sheet of glass in front of it, it's not as if they did any actual damage. So, as far as protests go, it's not exactly very disruptive or damaging.

Now explain what a painting has to do with fossil fuels and how throwing soup on a painting is going to make people stop extracting and using said fossil fuels.

It's not going to do shit.

Strider102 posted...

Now explain what a painting has to do with fossil fuels and how throwing soup on a painting is going to make people stop extracting and using said fossil fuels.

It's not going to do shit.

We preserve and venerate these paintings of nature and beauty but do nothing to protect the nature and beauty - in fact we actively and passively let companies destroy it slowly. And everything they say is right. People are going hungry, and their houses are cold, and looking for more oil is stupid. Their view is that it is the fault of the people because we do nothing to hold these companies accountable.

Honestly if someone is annoyed that glass had soup poured on it I'm not sure their worth the energy. Personally, I think they're on the right side of history.

what the fuck does van gogh have to do with fossil fuels? Morons....

more like "wacktivists"...

Hinakuluiau posted...

People care more about art than the planet

The planet will be more than fine with or without our intervention. It's our own existence that we're worried about preserving when it comes to climate change.

That painting is objectively worth more than all of their lives combined.

I'll say it again. This entire group of living human beings is worth less than an old painting. Why couldn't they understand this, accept it, and live their lives without burdening or inconveniencing others?

CRON posted...

That painting is objectively worth more than all of their lives combined.

I'll say it again. This entire group of living human beings is worth less than an old painting. Why couldn't they understand this, accept it, and live their lives without burdening or inconveniencing others?

Cringe

Well I hope Van Gogh learns his lesson.

CRON posted...

That painting is objectively worth more than all of their lives combined.

I'll say it again. This entire group of living human beings is worth less than an old painting. Why couldn't they understand this, accept it, and live their lives without burdening or inconveniencing others?

Posts like this are what happens when too many people have unrestricted access to the internet.