How does this artwork elucidate its Reconstructions?
Soon after its completion, the original mural was defaced by local graffiti artists and it was affected by environmental degradation. A few years later the building was scheduled to be demolished to make way for the Filmoteca de Catalunya. The City Hall reached an agreement with Haring's heirs and the nearby Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) to transfer the piece, preserving the original design. In September 1992, a restoration team hired by the Ajuntament de Barcelona began the process of transferring the mural.The mural has been recreated three times on a wall next to the MACBA, a few hundred meters from its original location. The current version was painted in 2014 for an event marking the 25th anniversary of the original.
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