Art - Horrific

[littlesally]

This is dreadful so sorry in advance.
Personally I believe that anything is art if the 'artist' says it is, overflowing ashtrays, cut up dead animals, durex on a tent. Not for me to judge what is art only what I like.
But this I can't get my head around ......... How was it allowed?


THIS WILL TAKE A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME AND WILL SAVE A CREATURE – AND HOPEFULLY REMOVE THIS SO-CALLED 'ARTIST'!!!

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.


WE NEED TOSTOP HIM!

Click on the following link :

http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition-sign.html

or

http://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.htmlor just copy it in your browser to sign a petion to stop him to do it again, then digit the name Guillermo Vargas Habacuc to find the petition to sign.

Please do it.

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

Please also send this e-mail to as many contact as you can... Let's stop him!!!

If you want to double check all the above informations you can google the name of the 'artist' to see all I have just said corresponds to truth.

Thank you

[scottishlass]

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I have actually seen this before, and it is certainly not art it is disgusting,what gets me is all the people going to see this poor dog and doing nothing to help. Just what kind of person can watch that.

Sorry rant over.

[littlesally]

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Pictures didn't come out, but maybe that's just as well.
Why would you want to go to see this?
I mean why??
I just stuggle with human nature at times.
How could you see this and walk away?
So sick.
Makes me sad that anyone could do this and anyone would watch.
Sally x

[Amethyst]

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a lot more people have seen it and the artists name is a lot more well known because of it..... infamy etc all publicity. constant berating and petitioning of him only encourages others to do same. I'd never heard of him nor his work before now I know both.

Thats the aim.

That encourages more artists to try similar to get their names out their in a very competetive world.

[Paule]

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An Update to this story

No excuses for cruelty Update: San José, May 15, 2008
WSPA believes there is no justification for the mistreatment of animals. The use of an emaciated dog by Guillermo Vargas (Habacuc) during an art exhibition in Nicaragua in 2007 was cruel and contrary to the Five Freedoms that form the basis of animal welfare.
For these reasons, WSPA is opposed to Vargas' participation in the VIth Central American Visual Arts Biennial - and any future exhibitions - and has urged the organizers to withdraw the artist's right to exhibit.
Representatives from Empresarios por el Arte in Costa Rica acknowledged that the organization is opposed to animal cruelty for artistic purposes but also said that they cannot prevent Vargas from participating in the Honduran biennial. In a letter sent to WSPA on April 30, 2008, Mr. Ronald Zürcher – president of the association – confirmed that artists will not use animals during this show.
WSPA is awaiting a response from Mujeres en las Artes to the petition calling for Vargas to be prevented from participating in the exhibition. Neither the Asociación Hondureña Protectora de los Animales y su Hábitat (AHPRA) or any representative of WSPA will act as observer in the biennale.
Furthermore, WSPA is supporting and allocating resources to a project led by a special commission within the Nicaraguan Congress aiming to update and reform the nation's animal protection laws. This will make prosecution and punishment for the mistreatment to animals possible in the future.


In 2007, artist Guillermo Vargas showed an emaciated live dog in a Nicaraguan gallery. Despite public outcry, the country's lack of animal welfare laws meant he faced no consequences. This year, when Vargas was invited to compete in an art show in Honduras, WSPA and member society the Honduras Association for the Protection of Animals and their Environment (AHPRA) acted to ensure this cruelty could not be repeated by any artist.
Elly Hiby, WSPA's Head of Companion Animals, commented: “Information regarding the treatment and fate of the dog used in the 2007 exhibition is inconsistent, but for WSPA – irrespective of the exact outcome – chaining a dog without food or water for public entertainment is a reprehensible abuse”. Our attempts to discuss the matter with Vargas' representative were met with silence.
But images from the Nicaraguan gallery were not forgotten. When Vargas was invited to enter the VI Central American Visual Arts Biennale (to be held in Honduras this year), an independent internet petition against the artist and his work attracted over two million signatures. WSPA sought a meeting with Business Owners for Art (Empresarios por el Arte), one of the sponsors of the Honduras Biennale.
In the meeting, WSPA's representative gave sound welfare arguments against the work shown in Nicaragua and formally requested that the Honduras AHPRA be invited to observe the Biennale exhibition.
After pressure from WSPA, the Honduras AHPRA and the public, the Biennial organizers have agreed not only to make AHPRA official observers but also to include new competition rules that prohibit the abuse of animals.
While we are satisfied that no-one will be able to abuse animals in the name of art during this forthcoming exhibition, stronger laws need to be in place that prohibit animal cruelty. WSPA and member society UCC are currently supporting a campaign, led by the Commission for Natural Resources and Environment of the Nicaraguan Assembly, calling for legislation to protect animals in Nicaragua.
You too can support the protection of animals worldwide by signing the Animals Matter to Me petition. This calls for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare, an internationally accepted set of principles about the treatment of animals that would encourage countries to improve their legislation.
Sign the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare >>

[Tempty]

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I had seen this story before too, was horrified at the thought it happened and that it could happen again and instantly signed the petition.
I am thrilled that the petition served it's purpose and has stopped this cruel action from happening again .... personally though i think the artist himself should have been tied to a rope in a gallery and left to suffer while people looked on without helping... but that's just me

[Matrix]

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Pleased the photos didn't work, animal cruelty is one thing that upsets me greatly and just the thought of this makes me feel sick.

The man has to be certifiable... but maybe he proved his point to himself.

Hes brought to light the evilness in people, it may not of been to show what he could do to the dog, but what he could bring out in the true depths of some.

So possibly some mockery in the whole thing.

He should be be tied up and starved, I think he would get a bigger crowd than he expected with the dog!

[enaid]

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DITTO

[Amy]

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Pleased the photos didn't work, animal cruelty is one thing that upsets me greatly and just the thought of this makes me feel sick.

Child cruelty upsets me greatly.

[stevokenevo]

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As a dog lover, i would suggest if they insist on exhibiting something similar, they could use Cet's feline friend? :okay:

[littlesally]

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As a dog lover, i would suggest if they insist on exhibiting something similar, they could use Cet's feline friend? :okay:

Noooooooooooooooooooo
If you suggest that to him he may well go for it!!!!!
Sally xx

[Guest]

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A pussy exhibition?

[enaid]

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A pussy exhibition?

OMG fear the worst............................