This Sunday, in Orsay, the central aisle of the sculptures had more nudes than usual.
Finally, half-nudes.
The establishment was taken over by a group of Femen activists at the end of the morning.
Tourists who took a selfie in front of the statues of Carpeaux or strolled near
Pompon
's Polar
Bear
were quick to capture the scene.
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On the videos that flourish on Instagram, around twenty women, topless of course but with their faces masked, cry:
"obscenity is in your eyes!"
The activists refer to the refusal, last week, to accept a visitor because of a too pronounced neckline.
On their bodies, we read the slogans:
"This is not obscene"
or
"obscene because of you"
.
After their action, the Femen left the scene, applauding loudly.
Last week, the cleavage affair had caused a stir.
"Arrived at the entrance of the museum, I do not have time to take out my ticket as the sight of my breasts and my ragged pageantry shocks an agent in charge of controlling reservations"
, wrote the person concerned in a letter. open at the museum.
She attached a photo of the guilty dress.
Very quickly, the establishment had mentioned a
"monumental error"
of its employee, recalling that its visitors are not subject to any clothing restrictions whatsoever.
The Femen took him at his word.