Just Stop Oil Protesters Cling To Constable S Hay Wain At The National Gallery News
Just Stop Oil protesters clung to its frame The Hay Wainby John Constable, and overlaid the painting with a “reimagined” dystopian vision of the scene. The artwork, completed in 1821, shows an idyllic vision of the mill at Flatford on the River Stour in Suffolk. According to the group, the new print “depicts a nightmarish scene showing how oil will destroy our countryside”. Just Stop Oil wants arts institutions to back their campaign calling on the government to end new oil and gas projects TOM BOWLES/STORY PICTURE AGENCY “The river is gone… replaced by a road,” said a spokesman....