Man Suspected of Defacing Miriam Cahn’s ‘Fuck Abstraction!’ is a former member of the National Front

The man suspected of having defaced the work “Fuck Abstraction!” by Miriam Cahn, exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo, Sunday May 7, is a former elected member of the National Front (former name of the National Rally), learned franceinfo from concordant sources, confirming information from the World. Until 2015, Pierre Chassin was elected municipal FN in Mureaux (Yvelines) and community councilor.

The work “Fuck Abstraction!” was defaced on Sunday afternoon when part of the painting was sprayed with burgundy paint, concealed in a medicine bottle. The work of the Swiss artist, exhibited since mid-February by the Parisian contemporary art center, was at the center of a controversy. The canvas depicts a person with their hands tied, forced into oral sex by a faceless, powerful man. For his detractors, the victim is a child, which the artist denies, invoking the representation of rape as a weapon of war and a crime against humanity.