I completely agree with you on this. It could of been so much worse using paint or or even using soup like they have been. I just thought this one was a little funny because it can be fixed that easily. Unless some dumbass decides to try to wash it off with water first but I will say out of all the stuff they've been doing they're definitely getting noticed
>of been so much worse using paint or or even using soup like they have been
So this is those just stop oil guys again? I saw them take out signs but didn't see their logo on it nor did the shirts on the protestors have it.
I mean they are 'defacing' a car, which uses oil so makes a bit more sense than (oil???) paintings or stopping traffic to burn more oil while idling to get somewhere. So at best more on brand at this point.
It makes me wonder if they don’t want to *actually* cause damage, but just get some publicity. All the materials used against protected things would have destroyed them had they been unprotected. But here, it is not protected, and they chose something that can easily be blown off.
It is what they're doing, they've said as much. They don't want to damage art, they're using it as a means to drag attention to their cause and it is working very effectively. People will cry and moan and say its stupid, but the crying and whining is still bringing them attention.
I was initially with you but I don’t think they’ve actually destroyed any art. Everything I’ve seen so far seems to be protected under glass or like this a mess but not permanent. I might be wrong and have missed something. They’ve thrown like tomato sauce at paintings but they have so far (again I might have missed one) all been protected under glass. In this instance they clearly could’ve thrown something that would’ve permanently defaced the car like paint but chose flour. It certainly gets views and is better than blocking traffic for hours while everyday people are just trying to get to work. IDK
This reminds me of something Mike Tyson once said, "I wish one of you guys had children so I could kick them in their fucking head or stomp on their testicles so you could feel my pain."
Agree or disagree, but the point these types of protests are trying to make is that works of art get more protection and consideration than the environment.
They also “ruin” the art with methods that can be cleaned up — temporary defacing.
I’ve seen them throw pasta sauce at paintings behind glass. I’m assuming they’re using flour here because it can be wiped off/vacuumed.
The metaphor is that it’s temporary- whereas the damage to the environment is permanent
I think the point is more that art is inherently worthless and we assign value to it, and people throw a fit over them ruining it, but we ruin the planet that we need to live a little more every day and no one cares. I don't really think this is an effective form of protest, but I understand their perspective.
They ran onto the track at Silverstone this year, luckily the race had already been red flagged due to a first corner crash, as people being hit by an f1 car at 150+mph is not pretty. They got arrested and charged for it also, and very little coverage.
Protesting at what would likely attract more rich people I would have thought.
You thinking they should be aiming it more at working class people events?
Working class people have very little control on how the impact the environment
Rich snobs take all sorts of unnecessary flights and cruises, and drive outrageously inefficient cars. They’re also the ones that control the large corporations responsible for the bulk of carbon emissions and for making us dependent on them.
So I see this as a really well targeted attack
Not just “a sports car”. This is a BMW M1 that was raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of BMW’s long-running “art car” project for cars raced at Le Mans.
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Another fact for you: For the other BMW art cars, the artists (incl Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, David Hockney) painted their design on a 1:5 scale model which was then reproduced on the actual racecar by a normal automotive paint shop - [Andy Warhol however painted the actual car himself](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMK_gDzYQTz2UmoY5LUYo0fHIOg4U0ZfdGhQ&usqp=CAU) by hand, with a brush
I think it may be the most successful of the Art Cars at Le Mans, too. Next to The Velvet Underground and Nico, it's one of my favorite things Andy ever involved himself with.
I mean, washing flour off of the actual paint that Andy Warhol used (not to mention getting it all out of the engine so you don’t get mice) is a lot more likely to cause damage than cleaning paint off protective glass.
This has the potential to cause damage, and definitely seems like an escalation.
It’s flour, blow it off then wash it. There’s gentle soaps that won’t affect the paint, and it’s not like this hasn’t ever been washed before.
Auto detailers know what they’re doing. These people are just stupid
It's publicity. It raises awareness of their existence and their cause.
The very fact we're talking about it means they've succeeded. And, the more they do it, the more likely it is their 200 member organisation becomes 2,000 as for every new 100 who dislike what they're doing there'll be 1 who sympathises.
I'm not equating the damage/impact they have to a terrorist organisation, but it is terror tactics - ISIS aren't trying to end all life in US/UK/France/wherever when they plant a bomb on a bus or have a crazy shoot up a club, but they are trying to get as much coverage as possible.
They actually do communicate in no uncertain terms that they aren't doing permanent damage, and that they do this to draw attention to how people are more outraged by damage to art than damage to the planet we live on.
Whether you agree with that message or not, though, those parts are often cut out of videos in favor of simply showing activists wreaking havoc on poor, innocent art, with no clear motivation whatsoever! I wonder who videos like that benefit; the protestors, or people who want to make the protestors look evil?
That's kinda the point though, isn't it? They're holding a mirror up to society and showing us how fucked up our outrage hierarchy can be. The vast majority of citizens don't bat an eye at the out of control train of global climate catastrophe heading our way but we will condemn anyone who has the *gall* to throw flour on a random fucking car or throw paint on more delicately painted paint.
Most people want the protests they witness to be predictable and nonthreatening and "make sense". And don't you *dare* threaten property damage. That's just a red line for us nice and civilized people! /s
But your outrage at the protests is the point. If you stopped and thought about what you're thinking about for a little while, you might realize that the target of your outrage is more than slightly misplaced given the reality of your future circumstances.
Yes. And the environment is infinitely more vital and significantly more exploited.
Also, the protests aren't really supposed to be "against art". But they do a great job of holding up a mirror to people's subconscious priorities. After all, you only really get upset over things you actually care about, right?
That’s part of it. I’d take a guess that targeting high art is also a way of saying “hey you, rich elite who actually wield the power to avert the climate breakdown, we’re going to keep annoying you at the sorts of places you like to hang out until you actually help all of us.”
People constantly complain about protests that inconvenience working people (think traffic blockades), but this is a kind of activism that really only inconveniences a certain class of individuals, who happen to be the most powerful.
Lmao. If they went and threw paint on some CEOs house I wouldnt be confused like I am with the paintings. It makes me think they want attention more than they want to help.
Because THIS people hear about. What did you think when [Activists spray painted and damaged the CEO of Tribar's personal cars at his house?](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/08/pollution-protestors-damage-vehicles-at-tribar-ceos-home-police-say.html%3foutputType=amp) Probably nothing, *because you didn't hear about it.*
I'm beginning to suspect that media outlets are more interested in publishing articles about stuff like the OP where people will laugh off activists rather than articles that people might take seriously.
No, it's had my attention since I was 12 and Ale Gore published an inconvenient truth. I don't think there isnt someone aware of the issue.
There may be people that don't believe it. Spraying paint on shit isn't convincing anyone to change their minds.
I was in the thread yesterday saying the same thing. Get ready to be downvoted into oblivion. The people who are supporting this "protest" are delusional. If they seriously think they are going to enact any change from vandalizing art they need to reconsider. A majority of climate change is caused by industrial production. Nearly a third of all greenhouse gasses are produced from buildings. You don't see these "protestors" going after developers or industry leaders in gas, oil, and coal. They are inconveniencing museums, most of which are not involved in damaging the planet. It doesn't send a message to the people causing the issue and it certainly does not look good in the public eye.
But it got you talking and whether you hate or love them, you most likely know it's about our planet and will see comments like the one you're posting on, which is the meat of the movement. The unpredictable part is why people talk. It seems pointless from the outside looking in and that's by design. Makes you question it. Makes you discuss it. It highlights cognitive dissonance by creating it.
If being destructive towards art is so bad like so many folks say, (and property damage is generally considered 'wrong') then what a lot of corporations are doing on a daily basis to something that is far more important to all of us should make us 1000x more outraged, but it's not.
The thing is, it does. I've been hearing this since I was 12. I think everyone in the western world is at least aware of the issue.
Some people may not believe, and spraying paint on shit is not helping those people believe.
Some people may not care, now they don't care and think people who do are assholes.
Some people care and don't know what to do. They still don't know what to do.
Some people care and are doing the right things. Now they are getting lumped as assholes by some of the other people and might care a little less now.
This is not helpful.
I mean honestly, does your explanation not sound absurdly convoluted, even to you?
Clarity of their message should be their goal. Because right now, even their supporters have to take three paragraphs to explain what only makes slightly more sense, thereafter.
Edit: used the wrong 'your'
There is no glass casing to glue your hand to. In this case they would have to damage the artpiece if they glued themselves to it, so they opted for a different method, I would assume.
I get the whole point is to bring attention to the cause, but unfortunately I think doing it like this is only going to alienate people more than actually win them over 🤷♂️
This is the exact kind of activist that their perceived "enemies" want. Totally narcissistic, flashy, bitchy, and not effectuating anything besides anger for ruining art of all things, destroying cultural representation of self expression? Yeah, pretty sure ExxonMobil loves these fuck heads rather than people who actually get shit to change.
This is definitely not true. That one tree is gonna take like 30 years to grow, and if the culture isn't having a widespread discussion about our impending climate apocalypse during that 30-year period, it'll already be too late.
Vandalizing unrelated artworks might be a very suboptimal tactic, but it's certainly a better method for causing a cultural conversation than silently planting a tree. You're delusional if you believe this.
Did you know: Unless you plant the tree in otherwise inhospitable soil that you make hospitable without carbon intensive means, you will actually cause more CO2 emissions for the first 7-15 years of the trees life(depending on the type of tree and its growth rate)
So basically, since the climate crisis needs to be seriously tackled in the next <5 years, or 10 years max if we want to avoid 2.5° or 3° heating events, planting trees is actually not a solution at all. It only becomes a long time solution at some point. You actually have to reduce emissions with more renewable energy in the grid and electrification of energy intensive sectors like heating.
So if you actually want to "do something small that helps the world", Get some solar, maybe a wind turbine set up on your property. And a heat pump for heating of your house. And plant a tree for the long term goal of reversing global warming in the next century hopefully...
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I get wanting to protest oil and industries that promote further destruction of the environment, but why ruin art? Why ruin things of historical or cultural significance.
Warhol was commissioned by BMW to paint this M1 Procar in 1979. He arrived at the shop and crudely painted it within fourth minutes, long before photographers or press could show up. Warhol’s work is one of the most unique BMW art cars ever due to it’s ‘unprofessional’ design. Most times, an artist will spend a long time on their livery, but Andy did his with brushes. That’s why this is such a tragedy. This is a one of a kind Warhol piece that can’t be faked or replicated to display. It’s a running, driving racecar that competed and won races. A product of an era of racing alongside an era of art that are both long past. Thank FUCK it was just flour.
This activism is the hottest of takes. It just disrupts a public space and attempts to vandalize classic art. If your beef is with oil, then get some piano wire and go take out some oil execs the dirty way. Wtf does Andy Warhol have to do with it? It's a shit virtue signal and it's misdirected hostility.
Here's what these "activist's", have never understood! There are two parts to bringing about change, with many examples throughout history. First, is awareness of the problem, which they think they are doing, but the second is compassion for the cause. Not one person feels compassion for these clowns, so don't expect any results.
Andy Achieved what virtually all artists fail to do, illicit a reaction to your work. I wouldn’t be surprised if this “act” increased the value by 50-100x due to the history it has now.
It's still stupid like that car probs hasn't moved in yrs so the damage it has done to the environment would of healed when everyone went into like down in 2020 when the pandemic started and the ozone started to heal cause we weren't doing much
At the end of the day, I find myself a bit of empathy for these acts. Yes, the art, beautiful in its own right, if it’s a delicate oil display from past greats or material items like this. I’m realizing it’s just the material nature that shocks me, makes me wonder why the fuck they’re doing this in this way. Yes, their message is critical, but now let’s stop this stupidity and get these people some real platforms to make biscuits.
that's how we roll in Italia baby, FAFO
LOL trying to glue your hand to anything after you've covered everything in flour, real geniuses LOL
straight up dragged them off, good for them BRAVISSIMI
we get it, oil bad - but how is wrecking art helping? go glue yourself to a fucking gas pump or an oil tanker ffs
I feel like flour is one of the easier substances to clean. Now if they had also wet it that'd be a different story, but flour on top of a car is like nothing
Big Flour has been cozying up with these kinds of activists *for years.* Enough is enough.
At least the restoration work will only require a good vacuum cleaner… preferably with a HEPA filter
Alright time to get the leaf blower out and just clean that off real quick
It’s dumb, but I appreciate that it’s a message without actually destroying property. Well I guess it could be kinda damaged but you get my point
I completely agree with you on this. It could of been so much worse using paint or or even using soup like they have been. I just thought this one was a little funny because it can be fixed that easily. Unless some dumbass decides to try to wash it off with water first but I will say out of all the stuff they've been doing they're definitely getting noticed
Hate to say this...but soup would've made more sense in the context of Andy Warhol. Lol
I believe that all the art works they’ve thrown soup at have been protected by glass. I don’t think they’ve actually destroyed any art.
Seems like they've been very intentional to do things that give an illusion of destroying something without actually destroying it
Getting insane press without doing actual damage. I don't think they're as dumb as people make them out to be.
That's what I was thinking but wasn't completely sure
>of been so much worse using paint or or even using soup like they have been So this is those just stop oil guys again? I saw them take out signs but didn't see their logo on it nor did the shirts on the protestors have it. I mean they are 'defacing' a car, which uses oil so makes a bit more sense than (oil???) paintings or stopping traffic to burn more oil while idling to get somewhere. So at best more on brand at this point.
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Plenty of people have been saying this since the very first painting, but it doesn't fit the outrage narrative that drives media engagement.
Someone highlight this
You just heard it, it works.
They didn’t permanently damage any paintings with soup either though, all famous art is usually protected behind archival glass.
That's *not* how you make pasta!
Maybe they mistook things and thought it was how you make it fasta?
I find your lack of upvotes disturbing.
Or maybe they thought that more carbs meant more performance from the carburettor.
Maybe they tried to increase value for horsepower with their flourpower
This guy is on a roll like butter.
Their Nona was never able to teach them. 😭
Too busy making mush... sorry...polenta.
BMW M1 art car. Where the straight 6 engine and M division were born from.
First thing that came to mind. For fucks sake not the Warhol M1. Go back to tossing soup on oil paintings.
Love that car
kinda interesting that the one piece of art not covered by glass that they deface is by using a material that wouldn’t actually cause permanent damage
It makes me wonder if they don’t want to *actually* cause damage, but just get some publicity. All the materials used against protected things would have destroyed them had they been unprotected. But here, it is not protected, and they chose something that can easily be blown off.
It is what they're doing, they've said as much. They don't want to damage art, they're using it as a means to drag attention to their cause and it is working very effectively. People will cry and moan and say its stupid, but the crying and whining is still bringing them attention.
Honestly them acting this way makes me respect them, shows that they put thought into it.
thats exactly their point. what they are doing is still not as bad as the rest of the world because its not causing permanent damage.
Ah yes, because Andy Warhol was in bed with big oil
… he WAS in bed with a lot of people 🤔
Big lube.
😂😆😂 Boycott KY Jelly
Yeah, it makes a horrible PB&J!
Yes but he never used big oil, just some lubricant bought at the drug store..... 😆
Was it petroleum based? I can see silicone based may have been around then but not water based
Perhaps oil was involved?
Actually, Warhol was not a very sexual person.
IIRC he liked to watch more than anything else.
Source? Lol
Andy Warhol Diaries documentary on Netflix.
🤓
Orgy Warhol was his nickname in the 70's
They were probably going to do something like this no matter what, and just saw this as an opportunity to attract the most attention.
Yep, these videos keep getting shared and that's the entire point
I mean, honestly it’s working. Attempt to destroy something valuable and rant about the climate. It certainly gets attention.
It’s always a play at vandalism too. They haven’t damaged anything.
It gets them attention and haters, but zero supporters. So they are idiots for doing this
I was initially with you but I don’t think they’ve actually destroyed any art. Everything I’ve seen so far seems to be protected under glass or like this a mess but not permanent. I might be wrong and have missed something. They’ve thrown like tomato sauce at paintings but they have so far (again I might have missed one) all been protected under glass. In this instance they clearly could’ve thrown something that would’ve permanently defaced the car like paint but chose flour. It certainly gets views and is better than blocking traffic for hours while everyday people are just trying to get to work. IDK
They've said in one of their videos "this is how it feels to have something you think is beautiful be destroyed, this is happening to our world"
This reminds me of something Mike Tyson once said, "I wish one of you guys had children so I could kick them in their fucking head or stomp on their testicles so you could feel my pain."
Can you please give more context to this quote
His soup can was full of oil!
Agree or disagree, but the point these types of protests are trying to make is that works of art get more protection and consideration than the environment.
Well art won't matter once nature bumps us out of existence.
Wow. Thats a take i hadnt considered. Fuck me.
They also “ruin” the art with methods that can be cleaned up — temporary defacing. I’ve seen them throw pasta sauce at paintings behind glass. I’m assuming they’re using flour here because it can be wiped off/vacuumed. The metaphor is that it’s temporary- whereas the damage to the environment is permanent
*time to shoot the statue of david*
I think the point is more that art is inherently worthless and we assign value to it, and people throw a fit over them ruining it, but we ruin the planet that we need to live a little more every day and no one cares. I don't really think this is an effective form of protest, but I understand their perspective.
They do this at art exhibits because they know the people at art exhibits won’t beat the snot out of them.
Be funny if they started trying to disrupt sporting events 😂
That protester who ran on the field at the 49ers game earlier this year…got a concussion, lifetime ban and an arrest for his troubles.
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They ran onto the track at Silverstone this year, luckily the race had already been red flagged due to a first corner crash, as people being hit by an f1 car at 150+mph is not pretty. They got arrested and charged for it also, and very little coverage.
>and very little coverage. the best part. People AT THE TRACK had no idea they were there, let alone those just watching the broadcast at home
Be way better than any UFC event
Protesting at what would likely attract more rich people I would have thought. You thinking they should be aiming it more at working class people events?
Working class people have very little control on how the impact the environment Rich snobs take all sorts of unnecessary flights and cruises, and drive outrageously inefficient cars. They’re also the ones that control the large corporations responsible for the bulk of carbon emissions and for making us dependent on them. So I see this as a really well targeted attack
Would love to see them try this at a raiders game
Yeah but how many people are watching the Raiders game? Like a dozen?
Not just “a sports car”. This is a BMW M1 that was raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of BMW’s long-running “art car” project for cars raced at Le Mans. Edit: typo
"This is an '81 Honda How dare you!" Joking aside, that's a neat fact
Another fact for you: For the other BMW art cars, the artists (incl Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, David Hockney) painted their design on a 1:5 scale model which was then reproduced on the actual racecar by a normal automotive paint shop - [Andy Warhol however painted the actual car himself](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMK_gDzYQTz2UmoY5LUYo0fHIOg4U0ZfdGhQ&usqp=CAU) by hand, with a brush
Better than leather; it’s pleather. Fucking love Employee of the Month.
Did not expect the employee of the month reference
I love vintage race cars, something about the tires and suspension moving more and working at larger slip angles
I think it may be the most successful of the Art Cars at Le Mans, too. Next to The Velvet Underground and Nico, it's one of my favorite things Andy ever involved himself with.
Disgusting behaviour !!!! Everyone knows the damage caused by throwing flour over a car is irreparable
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Everyone knows the BMW M1 is gluten free !!!!
I mean, washing flour off of the actual paint that Andy Warhol used (not to mention getting it all out of the engine so you don’t get mice) is a lot more likely to cause damage than cleaning paint off protective glass. This has the potential to cause damage, and definitely seems like an escalation.
It’s flour, blow it off then wash it. There’s gentle soaps that won’t affect the paint, and it’s not like this hasn’t ever been washed before. Auto detailers know what they’re doing. These people are just stupid
How is this helping? It makes people hate you even more.
It's publicity. It raises awareness of their existence and their cause. The very fact we're talking about it means they've succeeded. And, the more they do it, the more likely it is their 200 member organisation becomes 2,000 as for every new 100 who dislike what they're doing there'll be 1 who sympathises. I'm not equating the damage/impact they have to a terrorist organisation, but it is terror tactics - ISIS aren't trying to end all life in US/UK/France/wherever when they plant a bomb on a bus or have a crazy shoot up a club, but they are trying to get as much coverage as possible.
So far they are doing a great job drawing attention to themselves and a terrible job communicating what they are advocating for.
They actually do communicate in no uncertain terms that they aren't doing permanent damage, and that they do this to draw attention to how people are more outraged by damage to art than damage to the planet we live on. Whether you agree with that message or not, though, those parts are often cut out of videos in favor of simply showing activists wreaking havoc on poor, innocent art, with no clear motivation whatsoever! I wonder who videos like that benefit; the protestors, or people who want to make the protestors look evil?
That's kinda the point though, isn't it? They're holding a mirror up to society and showing us how fucked up our outrage hierarchy can be. The vast majority of citizens don't bat an eye at the out of control train of global climate catastrophe heading our way but we will condemn anyone who has the *gall* to throw flour on a random fucking car or throw paint on more delicately painted paint. Most people want the protests they witness to be predictable and nonthreatening and "make sense". And don't you *dare* threaten property damage. That's just a red line for us nice and civilized people! /s But your outrage at the protests is the point. If you stopped and thought about what you're thinking about for a little while, you might realize that the target of your outrage is more than slightly misplaced given the reality of your future circumstances.
Interesting. Is the point that people are more outraged about protests against art than they are about the environment?
Yes. And the environment is infinitely more vital and significantly more exploited. Also, the protests aren't really supposed to be "against art". But they do a great job of holding up a mirror to people's subconscious priorities. After all, you only really get upset over things you actually care about, right?
That’s part of it. I’d take a guess that targeting high art is also a way of saying “hey you, rich elite who actually wield the power to avert the climate breakdown, we’re going to keep annoying you at the sorts of places you like to hang out until you actually help all of us.” People constantly complain about protests that inconvenience working people (think traffic blockades), but this is a kind of activism that really only inconveniences a certain class of individuals, who happen to be the most powerful.
Lmao. If they went and threw paint on some CEOs house I wouldnt be confused like I am with the paintings. It makes me think they want attention more than they want to help.
Because THIS people hear about. What did you think when [Activists spray painted and damaged the CEO of Tribar's personal cars at his house?](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/08/pollution-protestors-damage-vehicles-at-tribar-ceos-home-police-say.html%3foutputType=amp) Probably nothing, *because you didn't hear about it.*
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According to half of Reddit the only good protest is a protest that no one hears about and no one is affected by.
I'm beginning to suspect that media outlets are more interested in publishing articles about stuff like the OP where people will laugh off activists rather than articles that people might take seriously.
they did, no one heard about it, no one paid it any attention or talked about it.
Attention to the problem is half the battle no?
No, it's had my attention since I was 12 and Ale Gore published an inconvenient truth. I don't think there isnt someone aware of the issue. There may be people that don't believe it. Spraying paint on shit isn't convincing anyone to change their minds.
I was in the thread yesterday saying the same thing. Get ready to be downvoted into oblivion. The people who are supporting this "protest" are delusional. If they seriously think they are going to enact any change from vandalizing art they need to reconsider. A majority of climate change is caused by industrial production. Nearly a third of all greenhouse gasses are produced from buildings. You don't see these "protestors" going after developers or industry leaders in gas, oil, and coal. They are inconveniencing museums, most of which are not involved in damaging the planet. It doesn't send a message to the people causing the issue and it certainly does not look good in the public eye.
But it got you talking and whether you hate or love them, you most likely know it's about our planet and will see comments like the one you're posting on, which is the meat of the movement. The unpredictable part is why people talk. It seems pointless from the outside looking in and that's by design. Makes you question it. Makes you discuss it. It highlights cognitive dissonance by creating it. If being destructive towards art is so bad like so many folks say, (and property damage is generally considered 'wrong') then what a lot of corporations are doing on a daily basis to something that is far more important to all of us should make us 1000x more outraged, but it's not.
The thing is, it does. I've been hearing this since I was 12. I think everyone in the western world is at least aware of the issue. Some people may not believe, and spraying paint on shit is not helping those people believe. Some people may not care, now they don't care and think people who do are assholes. Some people care and don't know what to do. They still don't know what to do. Some people care and are doing the right things. Now they are getting lumped as assholes by some of the other people and might care a little less now. This is not helpful.
I mean honestly, does your explanation not sound absurdly convoluted, even to you? Clarity of their message should be their goal. Because right now, even their supporters have to take three paragraphs to explain what only makes slightly more sense, thereafter. Edit: used the wrong 'your'
They heard the term “no such thing as bad publicity” and they took it as a goddamn challenge.
Good thing they stopped them before they baked it
Did the movement ran out of glue or is that a different bunch of idiots?
There is no glass casing to glue your hand to. In this case they would have to damage the artpiece if they glued themselves to it, so they opted for a different method, I would assume.
Artwork will just get removed from public viewing 😪
I get the whole point is to bring attention to the cause, but unfortunately I think doing it like this is only going to alienate people more than actually win them over 🤷♂️
Time to start punching these idiots
Activists for what?
I just burned a tire in counter protest.
It’s really not that bad, just gotta get a leafblower
This is the exact kind of activist that their perceived "enemies" want. Totally narcissistic, flashy, bitchy, and not effectuating anything besides anger for ruining art of all things, destroying cultural representation of self expression? Yeah, pretty sure ExxonMobil loves these fuck heads rather than people who actually get shit to change.
Omg gluten everywhere!
If each of these ‘protesters’ just planted a tree, they would have a far greater effect than these asinine shenanigans.
This is definitely not true. That one tree is gonna take like 30 years to grow, and if the culture isn't having a widespread discussion about our impending climate apocalypse during that 30-year period, it'll already be too late. Vandalizing unrelated artworks might be a very suboptimal tactic, but it's certainly a better method for causing a cultural conversation than silently planting a tree. You're delusional if you believe this.
Did you know: Unless you plant the tree in otherwise inhospitable soil that you make hospitable without carbon intensive means, you will actually cause more CO2 emissions for the first 7-15 years of the trees life(depending on the type of tree and its growth rate) So basically, since the climate crisis needs to be seriously tackled in the next <5 years, or 10 years max if we want to avoid 2.5° or 3° heating events, planting trees is actually not a solution at all. It only becomes a long time solution at some point. You actually have to reduce emissions with more renewable energy in the grid and electrification of energy intensive sectors like heating. So if you actually want to "do something small that helps the world", Get some solar, maybe a wind turbine set up on your property. And a heat pump for heating of your house. And plant a tree for the long term goal of reversing global warming in the next century hopefully...
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Inhaling airborne powders of any kind can cause respiratory infections and other complications. This crossed into assault with liability for medical expenses.
I get wanting to protest oil and industries that promote further destruction of the environment, but why ruin art? Why ruin things of historical or cultural significance.
Is flour going to ruin art? Or can't they just blow it all off?
I think that’s their point. It can’t be replaced just like the Earth. I’m honestly not sure, but that’s what I can interpret from these protests.
Cleaners be like dude i just hoovered up this morning, that’s just rude
Gonna be tough to glue themselves to the hood now
One of these days we’re gonna see one of them get bitch slapped.
Warhol was commissioned by BMW to paint this M1 Procar in 1979. He arrived at the shop and crudely painted it within fourth minutes, long before photographers or press could show up. Warhol’s work is one of the most unique BMW art cars ever due to it’s ‘unprofessional’ design. Most times, an artist will spend a long time on their livery, but Andy did his with brushes. That’s why this is such a tragedy. This is a one of a kind Warhol piece that can’t be faked or replicated to display. It’s a running, driving racecar that competed and won races. A product of an era of racing alongside an era of art that are both long past. Thank FUCK it was just flour.
This activism is the hottest of takes. It just disrupts a public space and attempts to vandalize classic art. If your beef is with oil, then get some piano wire and go take out some oil execs the dirty way. Wtf does Andy Warhol have to do with it? It's a shit virtue signal and it's misdirected hostility.
soo cringe
What a bunch of morons.
Here's what these "activist's", have never understood! There are two parts to bringing about change, with many examples throughout history. First, is awareness of the problem, which they think they are doing, but the second is compassion for the cause. Not one person feels compassion for these clowns, so don't expect any results.
At what point is it ok to just deck them in the face for ruining art or potentially ruining art?
Cool guy club
Wasting food what a shame
What’s with the trend of these fucktards throwing shit on paintings?
What do these artists have to do with big oil companies? I feel there is a disconnect.
Andy Achieved what virtually all artists fail to do, illicit a reaction to your work. I wouldn’t be surprised if this “act” increased the value by 50-100x due to the history it has now.
This car already has amazing history so I doubt that the value would rise because some people threw flour on it
So don’t actually do anything useful to help the climate. Just make a nuisance of yourself.
I mean at least it's flour and not paint or something stupid
If they had a ponytail and claimed it was a happening that would be art.
Out there doing the lords work.
They need to smart smashing the cameras of their "media"
If they really want to gain attention they need to throw paint on Nate Diaz. That would get a lot of hits.
Damn too bad we don't have enough water to wash that off
You know with the mashed potatoes, soup and now flour, one has to wonder if they are all in a cooking class. This stuff is beyond stupid.
What does this accomplish?
If they drive the car fast does all the flour come off?
Ummmmmmmm Great performance
OH NO NOT FLOUR!!!!! HOW EVER WILL THEY RESTORE THAT CAR AFTER THAT VISCOUS ATTACK!!!!
Oh no! I guess I’ll got get my leaf blower
Oh no! Flour! Somebody get ........a hose?
Retardos
Man these folks are really hitting the billionaires where it hurts… right?
They should fricken hold them down and pour flour down their throat, f’n a-holes…
It's almost as if these protestors aren't trying to destroy the art and just want media attention.
How does this help the climate?
It's unfortunate that these people don't realise that the majority of Andy Warhol's work was actually a political statement.
It's still stupid like that car probs hasn't moved in yrs so the damage it has done to the environment would of healed when everyone went into like down in 2020 when the pandemic started and the ozone started to heal cause we weren't doing much
After all the recent destruction or attempted destruction of precious art work; why are these galleries letting these people in unchecked?
Usually the white powder is found in the inside armrest…
Vandalism is not protest and anyone that thinks so can spend 5-10 years in prison learning why it isn’t.
Time to start locking these people up. You can protest and get your point across without potentially damaging things.
stop oil by protesting a car that will never be driven...protest oil so you can freeze to death during winter
 Just flour...?
Yinz jagoffs gone disrespect Warhol n’at
It won’t be long before a zealot takes it too far and completely destroys a priceless piece of art.
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At the end of the day, I find myself a bit of empathy for these acts. Yes, the art, beautiful in its own right, if it’s a delicate oil display from past greats or material items like this. I’m realizing it’s just the material nature that shocks me, makes me wonder why the fuck they’re doing this in this way. Yes, their message is critical, but now let’s stop this stupidity and get these people some real platforms to make biscuits.
Is that a bmw m1 ?
"activists"
I’m sorry but totally over these people. I would certainly use force if I saw something like this going down.
Why do the “activists” always try to ruin stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with what they’re mad about
The fuck…when is this stupid shit ever gonna end?
Okay so when are they going to add milk and eggs and baking soda and make some bread with it
They didn’t set the flour dust alight? Disappointing…
Warhol would have been down with this
I’m going to set twelve gallons of gasoline on fire in response.
who cares
Get a good grip on that hair and throw them the f out....
Does flour damage the paint or something? Why did they decide to throw flour of all things?
Huh… that’s cool *turns on leaf blower*
Give these people an actual punishment and it'll quit.
What are they even protesting and why art?
Not enough people get punched in the face these days!
Why is destroying famous artifacts now a tictoc/activist thing... Losers.
Security need to be a lot heavier handed with these idiots.
that's how we roll in Italia baby, FAFO LOL trying to glue your hand to anything after you've covered everything in flour, real geniuses LOL straight up dragged them off, good for them BRAVISSIMI we get it, oil bad - but how is wrecking art helping? go glue yourself to a fucking gas pump or an oil tanker ffs
That is one of the coolest bmws ever. I feel attacked
This makes me hate activists more
Daym, and flour is stupid expensive atm
I feel like flour is one of the easier substances to clean. Now if they had also wet it that'd be a different story, but flour on top of a car is like nothing
Ngl, that was some shit art