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April 23, 2008

In the 2007, the ‘artist’ Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the street, he tied him to a rope in an art gallery, starving him to death.

For several days, the ‘artist’ and the visitors of the exhibition have watched emotionless the shameful ‘masterpiece’ based on the dog’s agony, until eventually he died.

Does it look like art to you?

But this is not all … the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of the Central American decided that the ‘installation’ was actually art, so that Guillermo Vargas Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action for the biennial of 2008.

Let’s STOP HIM!!!!!

Click on the following link : http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition-sign.html

It’s free of charge and it will only take 1 minute to save the life of an innocent creature.

See? They are looking at the dog as if it’s supposed to happen. #$%@#$ I’m truely disgusted by such cruel and selfish acts. Got to know about this from VT’s mail. I’ve signed it. not knowing if it’s 100% real or not, I rather not lor… do you want to allow such cruel and selfish history to repeat again? I certainly hope not!

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Suspect it’s all a hoax? I google-ed online.. and found the below.

“He refused to say whether the dog survived the show but the director of the Códice Gallery said that the animal was fed regularly and was only tied up for three hours on one day before it escaped.” – quoted from Wikipedia

“It has now emerged, however, that artist Guillermo Habacuc Vargas intended the work to be a stunt to show how a starving dog suddenly becomes the centre of attention when it is in a gallery, but not when it is on the street.

Juanita Bermúdez, director of the Codex Gallery, stated that she would not have allowed the dog to be mistreated, that it ate and drank regularly, and that it was allowed to escape back to the streets from where it was taken at the end of the exhibit. “It is conceptual art and a work that leaves a social message”, she said.” – quoted from Extraordinary Pet Blog

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Juz a stunt? I don’t really know who to believe.

Comments

5 responses to “please sign petition”

angie

April 23, 2008

i dun believe him. like mention, shd starve him instead. if he dies its for the glory of art.

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1. ladysuki
  
  April 23, 2008
  
  yah.. i also dun believe. But so what it’s true, I don’t need such an ART to know how to protect animals. he’s juz.. ill! Awwww…..
  
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odinchoy

April 23, 2008

Sorry but i have to say, although sadistic, it does sound like an art to me.

It does protray that we human are cruel and not acting in the appropiate manner to solve this problem.

Petiton? come on lah… no use one.
If i ever see this, i will just feed the dog be it the authority disallow or not, and the problem is solved.

Maybe the artist is waiting for this moment, a human who act rather than watch.

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1. ladysuki
  
  April 24, 2008
  
  hmmm odin, i agree to a certain extent lar.. Act than watch, why nobody! TMD. @#$%^#@$~ This ART has got enough impact already, and i think it’s enough.. we don’t need to sacrifice another dog or animal. No excuses for cruelty. Although petitions might be really ineffective, but as long as there’s a slim chance, why not leave my signature to do my little bit. 真不忍心看到遭遇重现在另一只狗上~~
  
  Hmmm… on other hand, today if a dog being tied up on the streets, how many ppl will really go feed it? Or would most would think it’s dangerous and leave it alone? Worth a thought?
  
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Paul

May 14, 2008

Hi there
There is a new poll on this subject that shows there’s a huge split in public opinion. Some people think the artist had a point, some people would just like to see him dead! The results and article are here: The Pet Extraordinarium – Starving dog exhibit divides the world

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