KILLINGS in the name of art?
Apr. 1st, 2008 11:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
secondlinaIf the last post was feminist, this one is definitly humanist!
A so-called contemporary artist called Guillermo Vargas Habacuc from Costa Rica - made an installation piece where he took a dog from the street and caused it to suffer and starve to death in the name of Art. He tied up the dog in the gallery and let it die of hunger, telling the gallery viewers to not feed it or help it. And the dog died in the gallery.
I'm outraged that the artist would do this; and worse that the viewers would let it happen, and even that the contemporary art society would give him a grant to DO IT AGAIN!
I'M F*CK**G SERIOUS!
This is disgusting. Really, really disgusting. The worse part, being a person with an art training, I totally understand WHY he did it, the symbolism behind it and why it could be art. Because in history, art like this was produced and was important. But I think in our day and time, you don't do shit like this anymore. Or at least, no to another living creature. I hope the humane society is all over this.
There's even another blog about a petition:
http://guillermohabacucvargas.blogspot.com/
Really, what a way to give artists a bad name.
-Secondlina
A so-called contemporary artist called Guillermo Vargas Habacuc from Costa Rica - made an installation piece where he took a dog from the street and caused it to suffer and starve to death in the name of Art. He tied up the dog in the gallery and let it die of hunger, telling the gallery viewers to not feed it or help it. And the dog died in the gallery.
I'm outraged that the artist would do this; and worse that the viewers would let it happen, and even that the contemporary art society would give him a grant to DO IT AGAIN!
I'M F*CK**G SERIOUS!
This is disgusting. Really, really disgusting. The worse part, being a person with an art training, I totally understand WHY he did it, the symbolism behind it and why it could be art. Because in history, art like this was produced and was important. But I think in our day and time, you don't do shit like this anymore. Or at least, no to another living creature. I hope the humane society is all over this.
There's even another blog about a petition:
http://guillermohabacucvargas.blogspot.com/
Really, what a way to give artists a bad name.
-Secondlina
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Date: 2008-04-02 02:32 pm (UTC)Abuse of animals has been shown to have links to future abuse and murder of human beings. It is unfortunately ironic that animal abuse linked to future abuse of humans seems indirectly to include ultra-extreme animal rights advocates in reaction to animal abuse. The Chronicle of Higher Education online had a story about how due to death and torture threats in addition to the quite legitimate petitions and letters of protest, a San Francisco art gallery pulled an exhibit of videos/pictures (can't remember which) of animals being slaughtered. ALL life should be sacred amd treated accordingly.