Pariisis ilmus kuulsa kunstniku vastuolulisele «vagiinalehtrile» antisemiitlik kritseldus

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Visitors walk past the earth and mixed media monumental artwork "Dirty Corner" a 2011 Cor-Ten steel, by British contemporary artist of Indian origin Anish Kapoor on September 11, 2015 in Versailles at the Chateau of Versailles.  On September 6 anti-Semitic inscriptions and phrases such as "Queen sacrificed, twice insulted," "the second rape of the nation by deviant Jewish activism" and "Christ is king in Versailles" were sprayed in white paint on the sculpture. On September 1, the sculpture was vandalized for a third time, with graffiti saying "Respect Art as U trust God" scrawled on it, prompting he wanted the graffiti to remain to bear witness to hatred, thus opening a debate which could fall fowl of French laws repressing anti-Semitism. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK
Visitors walk past the earth and mixed media monumental artwork "Dirty Corner" a 2011 Cor-Ten steel, by British contemporary artist of Indian origin Anish Kapoor on September 11, 2015 in Versailles at the Chateau of Versailles. On September 6 anti-Semitic inscriptions and phrases such as "Queen sacrificed, twice insulted," "the second rape of the nation by deviant Jewish activism" and "Christ is king in Versailles" were sprayed in white paint on the sculpture. On September 1, the sculpture was vandalized for a third time, with graffiti saying "Respect Art as U trust God" scrawled on it, prompting he wanted the graffiti to remain to bear witness to hatred, thus opening a debate which could fall fowl of French laws repressing anti-Semitism. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK Foto: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP

Kuulsa kunstniku Anish Kapoori vastuolulisele skulptuurile kritseldas tundmatu vandaal grafiti, mis eemaldatakse teoselt nüüd kunstniku valvsa pilgu all.

Skulptuuri nimi on «Räpane nurk», kuid laiemalt on see tuntud hüüdnime all «kuninganna vagiina». Lehtrit meenutav teos on 60 meetrit pikk ja kümme meetrit kõrge ning alates selle paigutamisest Versailles’i lossi aeda on seda korduvalt soditud.

Kui sel kuul ilmus kuju peale antisemiitlik grafiti, teatas kunstnik alguses, et tahab vastikud sõnad sealt alles jätta, kuid muutis õige pea meelt ning tahtis kritseldistest ikkagi lahti saada. Muuhulgas kritseldati skulptuurile «kuninganna ohverdatud, kaks korda solvatud», «rahvas vägistati teist korda hälbinud juudi aktivismi poolt», «Jeesus on Versailles’s kuningas».

61-aastane briti-india kunstnik pole esimene, kelle töö Prantsusmaal tundmatute vandaalide sihtmärgiks on sattunud. Mullu oktoobris lasid tundmatud kunstivastased tühjaks USA kunstniku Paul McCarthy sekslelu meenutanud hiigelskulptuuri.

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