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Captain Cook statue sawn off at the ankles on eve of Australia Day (www.theage.com.au)
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The metal sculpture on Jacka Boulevard in St Kilda was sawn off at the ankles about 3.30am Thursday, with vandals also spray-painting “the colony will fall” on the statue’s granite plinth.

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[–] Zane@aussie.zone 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Shame the age didn't give this much attention to the regular defacement of the gorgeous mural just behind this statue that some knob kept painting bible verses over last year.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Whats the mural?

[–] Zane@aussie.zone 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It was a gorgeous with bright oranges and yellows, filled with faces of people and hounds in a grotesque style. Whoever the vandal was took particular offence to the eyes and teeth, because that's what they covered in white roller. Unfortunately council has now painted the whole thing over with grey.

Here's a story on it

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So, the artist 'mic' wanted someone to religiously challenge his work.

I don't mind that as art goes. Bit sensationalist. But i hope the artist didn't get paid a heap of money to beautify a grey cement wall only for the place to end up with a grey cement wall.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You hope the artist didn’t get paid because someone vandalised their work?

That is such a strange take.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

From the article linked it seemed like he went looking for someone to vandalise his work

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

If thats the case, then the wants of artists clashes with the wants of the payers to beautify the wall