Motives For Destroying Art
In the first of 2 articles based on BBC TV’s new art series “Art Attack”, Lawrence Pollard, the series presenter, draws on some historical examples to explain attacks on both secular and christian artworks, and the destructive element in the work of some modern artists.
This is a very thought-provoking article, both from a historical point of view, and also as a guide to understanding the thought processes that have birthed some trends in modern art, as well as individual pieces.
Lawrence Pollard discusses such varied acts of vandalism as the 16th century Reformation’s mutilation of statues of the saints, vandalism of the Little Mermaid statue, Michaelangelo’s Pieta and the Rokeby Venus, as well as several more recent episodes of attacks against works of art in museums and galleries.
Art Attack is on BBC Radio 4 in two parts on Tuesday 27 October and Tuesday 3 November at 1130 GMT.
The full article on Destroying Art For Art’s Sake is well worth reading. I’m looking forward to the second part.
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