Deborah de Robertis is removed from the Scene following her Performance (foto Deborah de Robertis) Nude Performance Artist Deborah de Robertis Strips Off at Lourdes, Causing Upset at the Catholic Pilgrimage Site The artist faces a charge of Sexual Exhibitionism after posing as the Virgin Mary at France’s most popular Shrine. The performance artist Deborah de Robertis has defended her Feminist Statement of standing Nude beneath the statue of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in France, upsetting Pilgrims and outraging the Shrine’s Catholic Authorities. The artist, who is best known for her Nude Performances at museums including the Musée d’Orsay and the Louvre (https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nude-performance-artist-acquitted-french-court-1121558), has been charged with “Sexual Exhibitionism” after she stood in the famous Grotto at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, hands clasped as if in Prayer, wearing nothing but a Blue Veil on her Head on Saturday, September 1. Bystanders seeing the Artist at the Shrine quickly intervened to cover her up, and the Police were called. De Robertis tells Artnet News that the Police phoned for an Ambulance and pressured her to leave with the Doctors, which she refused. She says Police threatened to have her committed (she has already been forced to spend … Meer lezen over Naomi Rea – Nude Performance Artist Deborah de Robertis Strips Off at Lourdes, Causing Upset at the Catholic Pilgrimage Site