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19.10.2022 - 17:09 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Climate activist group Just Stop Oil have explained the reason behind their protest after throwing soup over a famous Van Gogh painting.
On Friday, October 14, two people from the group threw cans of tomato soup over the artist's Sunflowers painting at the National Gallery in London.
While a stunned audience looked on, they then proceeded to glue themselves to the wall below the painting, with one of the activists Phoebe Plummer declaring: "What is worth more, art or life?"
It was the latest in a string of recent protests by the coalition group against fossil fuel licencing, with others including sit-down protests in the middle of the road and climbing over a bridge at Dartford Crossing in Kent.
Since the ordeal, which puzzled and enraged many people, 21-year-old Phoebe has explained the reasons behind the protest and what she hoped the outcome would be.
In a video posted to Twitter, she claims that she and 20-year-old Anna Holland did "no damage to the painting whatsoever". The pair appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, October 15, and pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal damage.
She claims there was "minimal damage" to the frame and that the group "never would have considered doing it" if the painting wasn't behind glass.
The activist also claims the soup was reportedly "wiped off with a bit of kitchen roll." She went on to say that Just Stop Oil were aware that the protest was "ridiculous".
Speaking to Free Seed News, Phoebe explained: "We're not asking the question 'Should everybody be throwing soup on paintings?' What we're doing it getting the conversation going, so we can ask the questions that matter.
"Questions like, 'Is it OK that Liz Truss is licencing over a hundred new fossil fuel
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