Art

Woman Yells “This is Evil” While Punching Bare Breast Painting With Her Fists

Chuck Ansbacher | Tuesday 5 April, 2011 16:53

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At the National Gallery in Washington DC, one woman’s day at the museum turned dark as her hatred for the work of Paul Gauguin combined with her deeply repressed lust for bare breasted Tahitian women boiled over, prompting the her to officially lose her mind and attack the thankfully plexiglass encased priceless work of art while yelling at it.

After her arrest Susan Burns, 53, of Virginia, had this to say:

According to court papers, Burns told an investigator: “I feel that Gauguin is evil. He has nudity and is bad for the children. He has two women in the painting and it’s very homosex­ual. I was trying to remove it. I think it should be burned. I am from the American CIA and I have a radio in my head. I am going to kill you.”

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