Stopping Guillermo Vargas Habacuc..starved dog to death as "art"

[Me]

This is so digusting it makes me sick. This man starved a dog to death in an art gallery. This is not art it is cruelty. Please sign the petitions available to hep stop this man.

Pictures and info available at aspca group
http://aspcacommunity.ning.com/group/stopping

Artist Guillermo Vargas - Habacuc
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/news/6831.html
LATELY, a number of emails have been doing the rounds, condemning the actions of the artist, Guillermo Vargas ‘Habacuc’.

Last year, the Costa Rican ‘artist’ is alleged to have paid some children to chase and catch an abandoned dog. He is said to have tied the animal by a very short rope to the wall of an art gallery in Managua and left it there for several days, without food or water, until it died.

During this time, many people visited the art gallery, paying absolutely no attention to the torment of the dying dog.

Photographs of the so-called exhibition can be found on the Internet.

The prestigious Central American Biennial exhibition incomprehensibly decided to consider this barbarous act as art, and Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action at the Biennial of 2008 in Honduras.

In his defence, the artist has claimed that what he was attempting to prove was that those who saw the suffering of the dog just walked on by and that if it had been left on the street to die, no-one would have even known of its existence.

It has also been reported that the dog did not die but escaped, and that it had been fed by Vargas and was only tied up during the gallery opening times. It has not been possible to confirm this.

The Managua exhibition attracted worldwide attention and many people believe it to have been an act of cruelty rather than art. A petition has been started in an attempt to prevent Habacuc’s involvement in the 2008 Biennial and from repeating the spectacle.

If you would like to sign the petition, visit: http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html

More information and pictures at this link

http://www.theginblog.com/2007/10/artist-chains-up-dog-until-it-die...

[jayman]

i am with you killing an innocent defensless animal for pleasure is BULL

[Linda]

Exactly, those are my same thoughts, lets request for the gallery to tie this poor excuse of a human being and lets see if he dies from starvation.

[Linda]

Hey Renee, lets tie this fake artist Guillermo Vargas Habacuc with a rope around his neck, displayed naked with no food and water and call it: "The Starving Aritst" he is old anyway and will probably die soon.

[Linda]

The name of the Gallery:

director of Códice Gallery which hosted the exhibition has defended Vargas' "conceptual art.

[Linda]

Now that will make them stand attention to the tourist.

[Reggie]

Just a thought. Is the pet food used in this awful exhibit distinctive, does anyone recognise it? I'm quite sure the manufacturer would be horrified to be associated with such a sickening spectacle, and wish to publicly denounce or even perhaps sue?

[Reggie]

I made contact with the Irish division of a multinational pet food company and they were very grateful for the information. I got a phone call last Monday 28th April to say that they have started to investigate if this might be their product and will take all necessary action. It's a long shot, but with everyone else closing ranks to defend the indefensible, everything is worth trying.

[Lisa]

My heart has been BROKEN!!! For him to say that the dog would have died anyway is an outrage. If they allow this guy at the exhibition they should all be charged with animal cruelty.

How about giving the dog some food, water and love and see if he could bring it back to its glory. Now that would be ART and something I would gladly watch. Time to stand up and say No More!!!

[Kayleen]

THIS IS NOT ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what has the ASPCA done about this?
I signed the petition

[JESSICA]

ASPCA IS ONLY JURISTICIONAL IN THE AMERICAS THIS IS IN COSTA RICA SO WE ALL NEED TO CONTACT THE WORLD SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF ANIMALS.
WSPA COLOMBIA
PO Box 75824
Bogota,Colombia
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[Palmer Fishman]

i have been in contact with the Mesoamerican office of the WSPA about my proposal to raise money to not only change the laws in Nicaragua, but to do some basic things like vaccinate street dogs, open some shelters, etc. They are supportive and told me they are consulting their higher-ups at the international offices. I'm sure hearing from more people in support of positive action would help.

[Chantira]

Hope that someone can do something about it .
It's really make me sick and heart broken to see this thing happening.