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Somehow it’s more ominous and powerful now with just the outline
They gave this piece history.
They might just paint over it now.
That is stone wall. You don’t paint those. Its generally unwise to paint brick, stone, or concrete surfaces. Stonework is porous, and paint is not. This makes it retain water, and wear much faster than it should.
Painting over the entire wall to cover the shadowy remnants is not an option.
I expected them to cut it out of the wall and sell it to the highest bidder. Would fit the british colonial style.
That’s for when it’s “art”. When the message goes against the mandated mission, they call it “vandalism”.
Put it back
bottom of the iceberg revelation: they can’t remove it, only cover it up
Oh wow, they actually did. That’s a multimillion dollar artwork power washed off a wall.
And not very well, either.
That’s all the more powerful, they can try to silence people but we still those who are missing.
I would argue that the artwork has now been completed.
Yeah just like that one in the shredder frame that shredded it as soon as it was sold - the removal could be seen as an unwitting part of the performance art.
I bet the shredded one tripled in value when it happened, buyer was probably very pleased. (Yes I’m too lazy to go verify my hunch).
Edit: yep, it originally fetched a bit over £1M at that auction, then was sold again a few years later for £18.6M lol.
The high art world is so dumb. No appreciation for the work at all, just a commodity that holds or increases in value. It’s no wonder these people like AI art so much.
Philistines
We can tell more about a society by the art they don’t allow than by the art they do.
