August 2012, in a little church in Borja, a small town in Spain, an old woman start the restoration of a piece called Ecce Homo which was made by Elias Garcia Martinez at the beginning of the twentieth century. Nothing happen like she wants. She wanted to celebrate her religion, to show her faith and to express all the devotion this painting inspired her. She creates a joke. At the end, the fresco is at the cross of an hairy monkey and the scream by Munch.
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| Elias Garcia Martinez, Ecce homo |
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| Cecilia Gimenez, Ecce Mono |
Unfortunately for her, the Historical center of Borja relates this story on its blog and a little mistakes becomes a huge phenomeon on the internet: some people consider the results just like an insult for the work of the artist, other tell how genius she is and consider his mistake like a masterpiece.
All the spotlight are turned to Borja this little quiet town. Tourist come to see the fresco and the parish of the town make people pay for seeing it! That's why the old woman wants to have his part and asks the authority to give her money because she increases tourism!
It's well known that artist are famous after their death, maybe we'll find soon how genius Cecilia Gimenez was!
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