Art and Style | November 19, 2008 | 25 comments

Starve a Dog for Art

source: http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html

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Remember that asshole who tied a stray dog up in an art gallery and starved it to death?

His name is Guillermo Vargas Habacuc and his "art" is up for an award and he's planning to repeat the crime this year.

The prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of Central America decided that the act of cruelty WAS actually art, so Guillermo Vargas Habacuc has been honored for the Biennial of 2008.

There is a petition above at the link.
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25 comments // Starve a Dog for Art

  • samants
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      samants  

    • Guess what m#therf$cker, I am personally getting on a plane to put a cap in your ass...I will find you. Then I am going to string your ass on a chain on a f*cking street corner and do shit to you....I know you read this fuck tard, all "artist" keep up on their rep....I am coming for you.

    • 2 years ago
  • heartshapedbee
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      heartshapedbee  

    • how about we tie him up in an art gallery and oh we starved him to death?

      because I'm pretty sure if a human did this to another human being they would be in jail...

    • 3 years ago
  • steadward
  • J_Jammer
  • TyMarshal
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • TyMarshal:

      Since this has been posted twice before I have read many comments and have come to that conclusion. At first I thought it was mean, but when someone said it that way it made sense...still I think it's mean but he did feed the dog and give it water so it was just like he was tied up in the backyard as someone else has mentioned.

    • 3 years ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  

    • I believe, if it has not been mentioned already, the point was to show how many people care about a single dog when thousands die a day on the street and no one cares.

      I read that he fed and gave the dog water and it ran away. I never read that it died. I think the Urban Legend is preceding most of this.

    • 3 years ago
  • moenipulation
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • julesrs007
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      julesrs007  

    • (SEE - GUILLERMO VARGAS HABACUC'S PERSONAL BLOG ON FACEBOOK)

      THE 'ARTIST' GUILLERMO VARGAS HABACUC
      WAS NOT TRYING TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF ANIMAL SUFFERING. IN FACT, THE DOG WAS JUST AN OBJECT, A THING... (NOT A LIVING, FEELING, CREATURE)

      ANIMAL CRUELTY/ABUSE IS NOT LIMITED TO BEATING AN ANIMAL TO DEATH.

      GUILLERMO VARGAS HABACUC USED THE DOG FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL BENEFIT...NOT TO HELP THE DOG WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY IN NEED... ALREADY SUFFERING.

      GUILLERMO VARGAS HABACUC TOOK AWAY ANY CHANCE THAT DOG HAD OF BEING RESCUED BY A COMPASSIONATE SOUL .

      GUILLERMO VARGAS HABACUC STOLE ANY CHANCE OF 'LIFE' AWAY FROM THAT POWERLESS CREATURE.

      GUILLERMO VARGAS HABACUC IS A DISGRACE... A STAIN OF HUMANKIND.

      AS FOR THE ATTENDANTS AT THE ART 'SHOW' WHO DID NOTHING TO HELP THE DOG? ONLY
      MONSTERS WOULD BEHAVE LIKE THAT.

    • 3 years ago
  • TyMarshal
  • fountaingoats
  • InformedTexan
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      InformedTexan  

    • I think the fact that we're still talking about it makes the artist's point exactly.

      It's a bit sensationalist as well, probably, is his made up story about the dog dying. All for attention, and more likely against the poor treatment of dogs or simply a interesting look at how (terrible) our treatment of animals is every day.

    • 3 years ago
  • Reeseismyname
  • Reeseismyname
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      Reeseismyname  

    • I don't think people even try to divulge further into the background of this art project... I'm even vegan and I have a hard time really saying whether this project is moral unjust.
      If this project helped save two dogs on the street by influencing a viewer, than I actually believe this is doing more good.
      However, the fact that someone could actually do this without feeling some regret is beyond me.

      And if you're really upset about this project, go out and do something to help all the other stray dogs, or do something to help the millions of animals that are suffering every day in factory farms instead of focusing your energy on this one person... at least he's not hiding anything.

    • 3 years ago
  • ro_sa12
  • Reeseismyname
  • ro_sa12
  • Reeseismyname
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      Reeseismyname  
    • Reeseismyname:

      Unless there is viable reason... I don't exactly know why that law was passed, but if it were because people were feeding pigeons materials which they could not digest or which harmed them more, than the law would seem to be beneficial to the pigeons overall. But I don't know for sure.

    • 3 years ago
  • CalgarC
  • Reeseismyname
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      Reeseismyname  
    • CalgarC:

      So are you saying that instead of going out and trying to help stray dogs or other suffering animals that we should spend time and money on arresting one man and throwing him in jail so that more suffering can be caused?

    • 3 years ago
  • ro_sa12
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      ro_sa12  

    • WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF THIS "ART" EXHIBIT I WAS DISCUSTED.... IM A PERSON THAT IS VERY STRICT ON ANIMAL RIGHTS. WHAT HABACUC DID WAS HORRIBLE IF INDEED HE DID STARVE THE DOG ( HOWEVER THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE DOG WAS LET LOOSE AFTER THE EXHIBIT.... BUT SAYING SO WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF HIS MSG).
      I SUPPORT THIS ART (IF INDEED HE DIDN'T REALLY KILL THE DOG) BECAUSE IT IS A WAY TO GET THE ATTENTION FROM THE PUBLIC. LOOK HOW MUCH ATTENTION IT GOT. MORE THAN BEING DISCUSTED AT THIS EXHIBIT PEOPLE SHOULD BE DISCUSTED IN THEM SELVES. I HAVE BEEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE I SEE PEOPLE THROWING ROCKS AT SIMILAR STARVING DOGS WHEN THEY GET NEAR THEM OR ARE IN THEIR WAY...I'VE ALSO SEEN IT DONE FOR AMUSEMENT. IN THE U.S WE MAY NOT SEE THIS MUCH.. OR AT ALL.... BUT THINK OF IT THIS WAY...I LIVE IN CHICAGO.... WHEN PEOPLE SEE A STARVING PIDGEON... NO ONE FEEDS IT, IN FACT ITS AGIANS THE LAW IN CERTAIN PLACES...THEY ARE CONSIDEDRED FLYING RATS... SO WATS THE DIFFRENCE!!!

    • 3 years ago
  • flyingkick
  • piratemcdaddy
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • nazbags
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      nazbags  

    • I think this is great. While I don't advocate the killing of animals, I do appreciate the artist highlighting the plight of similar dogs everywhere. I think the public is doing more or less what he wants them to ...

    • 3 years ago
  • poppys4cast
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      poppys4cast  

    • I think the point of the exhibit is that if you don't see it, then it isn't happening.... this is happening to far more than just one dog every day ...it's sad because it's not right or wrong or other...it just is a part of our world.

    • 3 years ago
  • animalia_libero
  • Reeseismyname
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      Reeseismyname  
    • animalia_libero:

      ha, that's a pretty good point...
      I wonder if the artist really did want someone to set him free. That would be interesting to hear from him. And if it were so, then I think the injustice that everyone is putting on him could easily be distributed to everyone who walked through this exhibit.

    • 3 years ago
  • Sugarnut
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      Sugarnut  
    • animalia_libero:

      Totally agree! If I walked into an exhibition and saw an emaciated dog being tied to a wall, I'd have done something. As for those that watched the exhibit, they watched a dog being tortured to its death.

    • 3 years ago
  • TyMarshal
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • iloveravi
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      iloveravi  
    • TyMarshal:

      You have a point. There is some speculation about the fate of the dog.

      Reports came out that the dog had starved to death and the artist has refused to say what happened.

      At best he tied a starving dog to a gallery and called it art. At worst he starved it to death.

    • 3 years ago
  • fountaingoats
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      fountaingoats  
    • TyMarshal:

      Google the artist's name, you'll find plenty of articles and blog posts about this. The dog indeed died of starvation.

      animalia_libero, yes it is illegal to do this to a dog in the United States, but are there any animal protection laws in Honduras, where this occurred? Edit: this was in Nicaragua, not Honduras. I stand corrected.

    • 3 years ago
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • fountaingoats
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      fountaingoats  

    • This is so incredibly sad. That poor, poor, poor, dog. This makes me want to cry.

      What a disgusting human being. And what kind of organization would award this non-"art"?

    • 3 years ago
  • alicynx
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      alicynx  
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    • I can't read Spanish, but there is indeed an emaciated dog tied to a wall in this art exhibit. That alone is enough for me to be turned off to the artist and his "project", whatever it may be. Life is life, and this is immoral in my opinion.

    • 3 years ago
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