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Some people don’t like to fly. They’re the ones that you’ll see fidgeting preflight, or with their eyes clamped shut during takeoff. They might be the ones you see a bit later, flagging down a flight attendant for another cocktail. This group may include shrieking children engaging in any or all of the previously listed behaviors. But the point is that no one who flies the high skies wants to be schlepped to their destination in a plane which features a plagiarized paint job.
Finnair to Remove Copied Artwork Design from Plane
Finnair have discovered that one of their planes features a copied design on the back half of its fuselage. It turns out that the painting, called “Forest Folk” is not actually original work. The artist responsible, Kristina Isola, admitted that she appropriated the artwork from a Finnish folk artist.
The illicit artwork is painted on an Airbus 330 which is routinely used for trips between New York and destinations in Asia. Because of the recently discovered art debacle, this plane will be grounded until the artwork can be removed.
On the one hand, this seems like a very principled move by Finnair. But on the other hand, it sounds a bit like the most elaborate way to layover passengers ever. Who’s going to get angry about the mis-assigned artwork credit? Flocks of high-flying geese? Fine art grad students with an axe to grind against Scandinavian airlines?
