28 May 2013

REPORTING NEWS: ART OVER ART (1 BACHILLERATO C)

Andrea, Lara, Irene Monrocle, María and Rosa wrote:

"A 20-year-old boy painted with spray-paint on the Reina Sofía Museum's walls in order to imitate the famous painting "El Guernica" on May 27. In addition, he hit a policeman while he was trying to escape.
Jorge Díez is an art student in the Complutense University of Madrid, who also belongs to a protesting group against the current educational system. Furthermore, he had already been arrested three times before for public disorder. While he was painting in the museum, a policeman caught him in the act, so he couldn't escape. The policeman charged him with a sentence of one year in prison.
Although it is an act of vandalism, it has had a big effect over young people who support the cause."