An artist who admitted to defacing one of Australia’s most famous paintings in a gas company protest says police have raided her home in a “massive over-reach”.
Joana Partyka was convicted in the Perth Magistrates Court earlier this month after pleading guilty to criminal damage after she spray-painted a Woodside Energy logo onto Frederick McCubbin’s work Down On His Luck at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
She was fined $2637 and ordered to pay the art gallery $4821.08 in compensation. The penalties were paid off within 24 hours thanks to crowdfunding, Partyka said.
McCubbin’s work was protected by a clear plastic sheet and not damaged by the spray paint….