In Saint-Malo, a street-art fresco made in March was mistakenly erased by the city.
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Evil Eye Collective
The Mauvais Œil collective has it bad.
Saturday, this team of street artists installed in Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine) had the unpleasant surprise to see one of the walls that it had recently invested being "cleaned" by the municipal services of the corsair city.
“Nothing remains of our collective creation on the theme 'Freedom'.
Photos, drawings, paintings, texts, or 40 m² of collages succumbed to the high pressure jet!
“, Regrets the collective in a message posted on its Facebook page.
A post tinged with irony.
"Cleaning a wall before its destruction we don't know if it's a good idea, but at least the rubble will be clean."
According to the collective, the building on Rio de Janeiro Street has been abandoned for months and a demolition permit was issued in June 2020. Made in March, the fresco disappeared at the end of last week, under the water from a high pressure jet.
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Ouest-France
, the city of Saint-Malo explained that this cleaning had been carried out "by mistake" by its daily life service, which had the task of cleaning a wall located next to it.
The city wishes to apologize to the artistic collective.
"In a period of generalized confinement where many of our freedoms are called into question, where all cultural places are closed, a little art and creation in the public space can do no harm, it is also for us artists and volunteers a necessity, ”adds the collective.
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