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Elderly woman destroys 19th-century Spanish fresco by Elias

Postby south carmain » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:30 pm

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An elderly woman has destroyed a 19th-century Spanish fresco in a botched restoration conducted without permission.

Three separate photos show the extent of the damage done by the unnamed woman to Elias Garcia Martinez’s work ‘Ecce Homo’.

The damage was discovered after Martinez’s granddaughter made a donation to the Centro de Estudios Borjanos which holds an archive of local religious artworks, a couple of weeks ago.

Staff then went to check on the work at the Santuario de Misericodia church in Borja, near Zaragoza in north eastern Spain, only to find it dramatically altered.

The three photographs show the changing face of the artwork over the last two years.

In the first photograph, taken in 2010, slight speckling is apparent. In the second photograph, taken just last month, large patches of white dominate the picture. One theory is that the elderly woman had already begun her work on the painting at this point, and the white marks are the result of her scraping away the paint.

The third photograph shows the image transformed beyond recognition, with a childlike reworking of Jesus’ face, broad brush strokes removing any subtlety from the clothing and thick layers of red and brown paint covering several key details, including the crown of thorns.

Despite the terrible results, the restoration, which was completed without permission, is not thought to have been malicious; rather the work of an enthusiastic, if somewhat misguided, amateur who lived near to the church and simply wanted to repair the ageing artwork.

Culture councillor Juan Maria de Ojeda was quoted in the Spanish newspaper El Pais taking a somewhat sympathetic tone, saying the elderly perpetrator had undertaken the project “with good intentions” and had reported and admitted causing the damage when she realised it had “gotten out of hand”.

Despite being a work of little artistic importance, and not part of any painting or altarpiece, it did have some local sentimental value.

"The family used to come here to spend the holidays. One summer the artist made the portrait and bequeathed it to the people," Ojeda said.

The damage is currently being assessed in an attempt to work out exactly what materials the amateur restorer used. The long-term hope is that a professional may be able to remove the layers of paint and restore the work to some semblance of its former state.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 73267.html

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Re: Elderly woman destroys 19th-century Spanish fresco by El

Postby Bambi » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:41 pm

Oh Jesus, literally.
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Re: Elderly woman destroys 19th-century Spanish fresco by El

Postby Yokosuka Martian » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:49 pm

Thats hilarious
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Postby Spokane » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:57 pm

You wouldn't think its funny at first, but it is.
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Postby Yokosuka Martian » Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:09 pm

I consider myself an Agnostic so this is seriously hilarious as an end result to that restoration project.
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Re: Elderly woman destroys 19th-century Spanish fresco by El

Postby south carmain » Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:10 pm

I find it funny because I can picture the old lady getting mad at her grand daughter for donating so much to get it restored then going on a rant about how bad the economy is and how she can do just as good as a job and it's easy then going in there and butchering it :lol:
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Postby MiTT3NZ » Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:53 pm

Haha, seen this on Facebook. Absolute jokes.
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Re: Elderly woman destroys 19th-century Spanish fresco by El

Postby Kenny » Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:09 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWqVoaYxgRs[/youtube]
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Postby Sailors? » Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:10 pm

Was gonna say it reminds me of Mr Bean. Haaa, stupid bitch.
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Postby Spokane » Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:31 pm

Sailors? wrote:Was gonna say it reminds me of Mr Bean. Haaa, stupid bitch.

The last two posts reflected what was on my mind too. :lol:

She should have hired him to fix it.
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Postby Peter » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:36 pm

I wonder if that Mr Bean clip is in HD?
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Postby Ziming » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:27 pm

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Postby Axm » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:59 pm

Im a Christian but seriously, at this point they should just burn it and refer to all the other better depictions of Jesus instead. Old lady needs to get spanked like a child.
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Re: Elderly woman destroys 19th-century Spanish fresco by El

Postby Spokane » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:14 pm

Her next project will be proving that Jesus is really the imprint left on the Shroud of Turin.

The first experiment will involve flammable liquids and a source to light them.
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Re: Elderly woman destroys 19th-century Spanish fresco by El

Postby ys » Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:51 pm

Axm wrote:Im a Christian but seriously, at this point they should just burn it and refer to all the other better depictions of Jesus instead. Old lady needs to get spanked like a child.

I read that she could get prosecuted for vandalism of art. Ouch...
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