Greenpeace hangs Kapoor’s blood-red artwork from gas rigs in the North Sea
Greenpeace activists performed a gas rig in the North Sea last Wednesday, revealing 315 square feet of canvas on its sides and spraying crimson paint on it. The act was a protest art designed by Anish Kapoor.
Title slaughterthis is the first example of fine art exhibited from a working gas rig, told The The Office Ager by British artists. guardian.
The rig is operated by a giant oil and gas shell that recently cut its investment target for low-carbon renewable and energy solutions to halve to 2030 to 10%.
“This is the simplest blood on the canvas,” he said. “The destruction of our earth and the state of existence – bleeding – bleeding.”
The militants were forced to wait for the calm ocean so they could sail to a rig 45 nautical miles off the Norfolk coast in a ship called Arctic Sunrise. They then scaled the rig and hung 25 x 40-foot trusses on the sides of the towering metal structure, then stretched the huge canvas over it. Use a high pressure hose to spray the blood red stain downwards. Greenpeace says the paint is made from seawater, beetroot powder and non-toxic, food-based pond dye.
Campaign group says slaughter It aims to emphasize “extremely painful extreme weather.” It was established during the fourth heat wave in the UK in summer so far.
“First of all, there seems to be a collective will, regardless of who is the real perpetrator of global warming,” Kapoor said, adding that he hopes the work will eliminate “collective amnesia around the real cause of the climate collapse.”
“We seem to live in an era of denials – I mean [by] The president of the United States Bloody A, the rest and many others. Then, there was a feeling between us that each of us had the culprit. “Oh, I use much less plastic, or if I turn off the lights, or if I turn off the lights, our collective global witness (global warming, if you want) is less than 10% of the actual number. Most of it is caused by these big oil and gas companies.”
This is not the first time Greenpeace has taken action on a fossil fuel extraction site at sea. In 2024, Shell agreed to file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the group after protesters occupied a mobile oil platform on the coast of the Canary Islands, nearly two weeks before.
The attempt to successfully build art last Wednesday was Greenpeace’s second attempt after its first failed. “Marine security is our top priority. Greenpeace enters a restricted safety zone around the platform without permission, which is made under UK law to protect people and prevent collisions. Their actions are extremely dangerous, illegally trespassing and putting their lives and others’ lives at risk. We respect the right of individuals and organizations to protest, but must be carried out safely and legally.”
“It’s tragic, governments around the world ban protests – not only banning protests, but actually arresting people. What’s the problem with us? It’s our rights and responsibilities as citizens to protest and keep our consciousness.”
