The street artist Pascal Boyart realized, in solidarity with the "yellow vests", a fresco on a wall of Paris which presents a contemporary version of The Liberty guiding the people of Eugene Delacroix, famous painting on the Revolution of July 1830.
In the 19th arrondissement of Paris. This fresco signed PBOY (for Pascal Boyart), in a street of the 19th arrondissement, was realized between Wednesday and Sunday by this 30-year-old artist, who defines himself as "self-taught, independent". As in Delacroix's painting, she depicts a Marianne hoisting a tricolor flag and wearing a Phrygian cap, who walks in the middle of protesters. No insurgents with guns but four demonstrators wearing yellow vests.
#StreetArt treasure hunt in Paris with a #Bitcoin puzzle
For the 10th birthday of the genesis block, I painted this frescoe in Paris with a 0.26btc ($ 1000) puzzle in it.
Here's the public key: 1NqPwPp7hEXZ3Atj77Ue11xAEMmXqAXwrQ Thanks to @alistairmilne for sponsoring this pic.twitter.com/F7aIkxmp6t
An enigma to 1,000 euros. "I wanted to take the theme of this painting, one of the best known in the world, and bring it up to date" current events, he told AFP. The Parisian painter often paints frescoes denouncing banks and finances. A QR code is placed at the bottom of his works, which allows him to receive donations. He added an enigma, a "bitcoin puzzle", the spectator having to find by observing the fresco a "private key" that will allow him to touch 1.000 euros.
"Finance is perhaps the cause of the causes behind all these events," he denounces. Among his past works, a fresco where we can see Delacroix burn a 100 euro note ...