In Copenhagen one art exhibition He aroused indignation and international controversies. The Chilean artist Marco Evaristi exposed an installation entitled “And now you care?“, With the intent of denounce the suffering of animals in intensive farms.
At the center of the work were there Three pigs locked up in an improvised cagemade with shopping trolleys, Private of food and water. According to the artist, this staging was supposed to sensitize the public on the cruelty of the meat industry.
The exhibition immediately caused one strong reaction by activists, animal rights associations and indignant citizens. Animal Protection Denmark, one of the largest organizations for the protection of animals in the country, condemned the work, underlining how it was unacceptable to use living beings to transmit a message of complaint. Also on social networks The indignation was unanimouswith comments that accused Evaristi of inflict free suffering to animals Instead of promoting a constructive debate.
The pigs subtracted with the complicity of the artist’s assistant
In the night following the inauguration of the exhibition, the three pigs have been removed from the gallery. Initially, the involvement of an animal rights group was assumed, but subsequently it emerged that the action had been facilitated by Caspar Steffensen, assistant to the same artist.
Steffensen said she has given up the pigs toDyreværnsorganisationen Oasa Associationwhich has guaranteed its well -being. According to reports, the decision was also influenced by a promise made by Steffensen to his 10 -year -old daughter, deeply disturbed by the fate of the little pigs.
The episode forced Evaristi a Close the exhibitioninitially with great frustration. However, later he admitted that, despite the deviation from his original project, the story still has achieved the aim of turning on a debate on the suffering of animals in farms. He also announced that he wants continue his complaint with future exhibitionsevaluating the idea of show carcasses of pigs taken from intensive farms.
This case reported the debate to the center of attention on where the Limit between art and abuse. If Evaristi’s provocation has certainly actually raised an important theme, it is inevitable to think that the message could have been transmitted without inflicting suffering to living beings. So what point can art go to sensitize public opinion?
