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May 29, Luxembourg performance artist Deborah de Robertis sitting Gustave Courbet (Gustave Courbet) 1866 infamous painting "The Origin of the World" (L'Origine du monde during a visit to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris ) and live performances before a live version of the painting. In the video section called "Origins of imitation" (Mirror of Origin), the artist dressed in golden rays skirt, legs open, exposing genitals, museum security immediately surrounded around her, will live audience booing out of galleries. The artist was eventually taken away by security. Museum and two security to exhibitionism complaint artists.

　　"If you ignore the content, you can put this performance art understood as exhibitionism, but my performance was not the result of an impulsive act," De Robertis told "Voice of the Luxembourg newspaper" (Luxemburger Wort) in an interview, said: "Art There is a blank in the history - in the expression for the object of his gaze realist paintings, the artist painted a flared legs, but the vagina is closed, he did not draw the hole, which is the eyes and I did not show. my vagina, but no paintings to show something, that is vaginal eyes, the black hole, invisible eyes on the flesh, the symbol of infinity, a symbol of the origin of the place of origin. "

　　Clearly, the museum's management staff for the artist based on the interpretation of the history of art disapproval. "This behavior is a clear violation of the provisions of the museum, whether it is not performance art," said the Orsay museum management, "she did not submit an application in advance to us. Even if submitted an application, we may not be adopted because it might make Our viewers disgusted. "

　　Although the behavior of Art on May 29 was the museum's opposition, De Robertis said she had performed a month ago where once "Origins of imitation", did not have any accident.

　　"I probably had a month to come to the Musée d'Orsay, I brought back my posture photographer took pictures, did not attract attention," she told "Le Monde" (Le Monde) said, "My behavior very natural, so although there was security in the area, but they did not say anything. They saw my behavior, but not shocking. I always order my feminine sensitivity to express some very pure stuff . "

　　"Origins of imitation" is De Robertis series of similar, in the behavior of the major art institutions and art performances in the last one the most famous, before she had the art scene of contemporary art in Luxembourg (Casino Forum of Contemporary Art) and Luxembourg Modern Art Museums (MUDAM) show before.

　　Orsay Museum is not the first time encountered a similar situation. Last fall, a 26-year-old art student at the Museum "male / male" (Masculin / Masculin) Nude Art naked.Before there is a lower level event - the museum in January 2012 became the backdrop of a lingerie ad, advertising lingerie model in three runs frantically in the gallery.