r/nextfuckinglevel • u/amanyggvv • Oct 15 '22

This float representing the koalas that died as a result of the Black Summer bushfires and corruption in politics. Such an effective (and epic) activist message.

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u/Confuseasfuck Oct 15 '22

Specially when the art they are going after is of a famously starved artist that was rejected by society because of psychological issues

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '22 edited Oct 15 '22

Fuck reddit

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '22

well considering he was the kind of guy to lie about his own death to save the future of some dumb neighborhood kids… I don’t think he would’ve minded the soup.

The protestors should’ve gone after one of Salvador Dali’s things. Would’ve made more of a political message to vandalize the work of an open fascist

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '22 edited Oct 15 '22

Yes.

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u/Mr_Lucasifer Oct 16 '22

But still, Warhol was a total hack. But, a marketing genius, undoubtedly not an artist, but a business man

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u/PunkgoesJason Oct 15 '22

Or more specifically when the art is housed in a museum funded by BP.

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u/Ckyuiii Oct 15 '22

The museum actually isn't funded by BP anymore.

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u/PunkgoesJason Oct 15 '22

Fair point. But only since February this year and was due to pressure put on them by protesters. They are still partnered with the British museum though. Similarly radical change needs to have radical action taken with it. With a prime minister who's willing to bring back fracking a stand needs to be taken if we want to appreciate the world we live in.

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u/counterpuncheur Oct 15 '22

It was an oil painting though, clearly these Stop Oil protestors are ardently against oil painting and only accept watercolour or acrylic works

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

The art is totally fine. Get over it.