A stranger has stabbed around the neckartist Andrea Saltini inside the church of Sant’Ignazio Of Carpiin the province of Modena, where the exhibition ‘Gratia Plena’by Saltini himself, accused by some of blasphemy. After the stabbing, the perpetrator of the attack fled.
What happened to the artist Andrea Saltini
According to an initial reconstruction of the facts reported by the ‘ANSA’ agency, a man with mask entered the church of Sant’Ignazio in Carpi and damaged one of the works at the center of the controversy with a knifealso smearing it with paint sprayed with a spray can.
Apparently the artist Andrea Saltini attempted to stop the stranger who had damaged one of the works in his exhibition. The stranger, however, stabbed him in the neck and then went on the run leak.
The exhibition ‘Gratia Plena’ by Andrea Saltini, accused of blasphemy, is scheduled until June 2nd in Carpi. Inaugurated on March 2, it is set up in the diocesan museum in the church of Sant’Ignazio, where the artist was attacked.
How is the artist Andrea Saltini attacked in Carpi
Andrea Saltini, attacked in Carpi, near Modena, by an unknown person, he would not be in serious condition of health after the stabbing he suffered.
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The Gratia Plena exhibition by Andrea Saltini and the accusation of blasphemy
The ‘Gratia Plena’ exhibition set up in the diocesan museum in the church of Sant’Ignazio in Carpi, where the artist Andrea Saltini was injured, was inaugurated on March 2 and ended up at the center of controversy because some traditionalists consider it blasphemous.
The diocese of Carpi, in recent days, rejected the accusations of blasphemy regarding the exhibition of the artist Andrea Saltini, defining the comments “disrespectful and not detectable when looking at the works correctly”.
“As for the judgements, or prejudices – the diocese of Carpi, led by Monsignor Erio Castellucci has always pointed out – according to which some paintings on display reproduce blasphemous or desecrating imagesalthough it falls within the free circulation of opinions, as well as being disrespectful towards the path taken by the artist and also by the promoters, none of this is detectable when faced with a correct, documented and clear-eyed vision of the works”.
Photo source: ANSA & Facebook Andrea Saltini
