(ANSA) – ULASSAI, 22 AUG – There is controversy over a night gymkana last Saturday that damaged Maria Lai’s “The flight of the goose game” in Piazza Barigau in Ulassai, a town in Ogliastra and the birthplace of the Sardinian artist who died in 2013. The tender took place right next to the permanent installation. A motorist who went off the track, drawn by the organizers of the MotoClub Ulassai, left a black circle with the tires on the work, which sees the acrylic reproduction of the 13 squares that make up the game of the goose. The scar was documented by a drone and the controversy immediately broke out over whether to authorize a gymkana so close to a monument in the country.
The representative of the MotoClub, Marco Vargiu, is not there and speaks of a “controversy about nothing”. “We cleaned up the mudslides on the work in the late morning of Sunday and now ‘the game of the goose’ is perfect again – he explains to ANSA Vargiu-.
It was a motorist who, unaware of this, left the track full of mud after the race to greet the public and the car made a circle on the work. He made a mistake, but luckily nothing irreparable happened “.
“We have always done those gymkans – he adds – the track was protected by hay bales, but this time there was someone’s mistake. It is clear that he shouldn’t have done it, next time we will be more careful – assures Vargiu – But I like to remember that Maria Lai created this work for children to play with and for people to live there, so that the square was always alive “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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