Salome Zurabishvili: Can an artist pose such a threat to the state????- It reminds us of another era and really puts modern Georgia to shame

Can an artist pose such a threat to the state????- It reminds us of another era and really puts modern Georgia to shame, - the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, wrote about this on the social network, thus responding to Sandro Sulaberidze's solidarity event in front of the National Gallery.

“20 police cars in the back yard of the Blue Gallery. Can an artist pose such a threat to the state????

It reminds us of a different era and really puts modern Georgia to shame!", the president wrote.

For information, representatives of the artistic and other spheres of society held a rally near the National Gallery to protest against the launch of the investigation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs relating to the inscription left by artist Sandro Sulaberidze instead of his painting in the National Gallery. Protesters tried to make an inscription with a spray paint, but the police did not allow them to do so, which resulted in commotion.

Sandro Sulaberidze, a participant in an exhibition that opened on February 4 in the National Gallery, removed his own work and wrote on its place the phrase: "Art is alive and independent!". The Ministry of Internal Affairs launched an investigation under Article 177, which pertains to theft that caused significant damage.