Whatever happened to the painted figures around the Grand Shaft* entrance?..
- 14 August 2013 13:54240673* [I can't remember exactly where they were/are.]
Ecce dinero: Spanish turn ruined Christ fresco into money-spinner
"...A year ago Cecilia Gimenez's botched attempt to restore a fresco of Christ inspired ridicule and references to monkeys. Now the 81-year-old Spanish artist is having the last laugh.
The disfigured fresco has drawn more than 40,000 visitors and raised more than €50,000 for a local charity in the town of Borja since gaining worldwide attention. It has spurred the town to put the likeness on merchandise it hopes will sell for years to come. And Gimenez has even had her own art exhibit, with two dozen of her other works showing until 24 August in the town of 5,000 people..."
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/aug/14/ruined-christ-fresco-money-spinner
Did Dover miss a trick?Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 14 August 2013 14:03240674Yes MR Austin I can help you on that one as I was there with Richard when they were being painted,They had to be painted over because he did not tell them he was going to do it.At the time there was a lot said about it but in the end he walked away from it all and they were painted over I do not think we need to say anymore about it.Mr Iverson was the person who said they had to go.
- 14 August 2013 21:53240691an unhappy period in our history with a load of graffiti covering a famous dover landmark.
- 14 August 2013 22:34240696I had thought that folk would feel able to move on and appreciate the 'boon' the ruined fresco has turned out to be. Ah well.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 14 August 2013 22:35240697It wouldn't have been Jon Iveson who said they had to go Vic (although I'm sure that's what he wanted and he may have relayed the message). Its a protected monument so the figures were illegal, pure and simple.
Took a group from Lincolnshire down it a couple of weeks ago. They thought it was great.Andrew Richardson - 15 August 2013 04:19240702Thank you for adding that on and you are right.