I was asked to join this group on Facebook, named "Prevent the "Artistic" death of an Innocent Animal"-and was completely appalled to find what this group was actually fighting...
I consider myself to be pretty open to all forms of art, and do my best to appreciate them as well, however this...well, this is not going to ever be appreciated by me, and I can only hope that there are others out there who agree with my viewpoint. The group info says this: "In 2007, the 'artist' Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the street, tied him to a rope in an art gallery and began starving him to death.For several days, the 'artist' and the visitors of the exhibition watched, emotionless, the shameful 'masterpiece' based on the dog's agony, until eventually he died.Does THIS sound like art to you?But this is not all... the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of Central America decided that the 'installation' WAS actually art, so Guillermo Vargas Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action for the Biennial of 2008."
I would really like for someone to argue that this kind of treacherous act could actually be called art-and if you are in as much disagreement as I am-and are a member of Facebook-PLEASE join this group and sign the petition to have this event stopped.
