To Costa Rican "artist" Guillermo "Habacuc" Vargas it is. He found a dog on the street, tied him up, and gave explicit instructions for the dog to not be fed. Obviously, the dog died.
Habacuc's exhibition included a legend spelled out in dog food reading "You are what you read," photos and an incense burner that burned an ounce of marijauna and 175 "rock' of crack cocaine. In the background, according to reports, the Sandista national anthem played backwards.According to the artist, his "art" was a tribute to Natividad Canda, a Nicaraguan burglar killed in Costa Rica by two rottweilers guarding property he had entered at night. The incident caused friction between the two countries. Habacuc told the daily La Nacion, "I won't say the dog died. The importance to me is the hypocracy of the people where an animal is the focus of attention where people come to see art but not when it's in the street starving to death."
"The same thing happened with poor Natividad Canda. The people sympathized with him only after he was dead," the artist added.
Typical liberal -- crying huge crocodile tears over a burglar killed by guard dogs.
Animal abuse? No, of course not! This is art, see? We're just a bunch of idiots who aren't on his artistic plane. We just don't understand, and we're not expected to. We're supposed to be offended, while Vargas gets embraced in modern art circles. He's been chosen to represent Costa Rica in the "Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008".
Once upon a time, wasn't art supposed to be beautiful, inspirational, and yes, sometimes provocative? I don't think much in modern art fits those descriptions. Disgusting, offensive crap is a much better description.
Hat Tip: Moonbattery
Comments (23)
So I guess the argument aga... (Below threshold)1. Posted by engineer | October 19, 2007 2:46 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
So I guess the argument against waterboarding or any other torture is moot. It's simply "art."
1. Posted by engineer | October 19, 2007 2:46 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on October 19, 2007 14:46
2. Posted by Kim Priestap | October 19, 2007 2:46 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Oh my gosh, that's beyond awful. Why isn't that guy being brought up on animal cruelty charges! Sick! That poor dog. He didn't deserve that.
2. Posted by Kim Priestap | October 19, 2007 2:46 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on October 19, 2007 14:46
3. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | October 19, 2007 2:54 PM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
If I head-butted the artist and claimed it was MY art, could I get away with it?
Seriously, I would cave this a-hole's skull right the f in.
3. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | October 19, 2007 2:54 PM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on October 19, 2007 14:54
4. Posted by Peter F. | October 19, 2007 3:20 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I'm sure Michael Vick contracted him to do some "artwork" at some point.
What the f*** is the matter with some people?
4. Posted by Peter F. | October 19, 2007 3:20 PM |
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Posted on October 19, 2007 15:20
5. Posted by Darleen | October 19, 2007 3:39 PM | Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Did Michael Schiavo help fund this artist?
5. Posted by Darleen | October 19, 2007 3:39 PM |
Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Posted on October 19, 2007 15:39
6. Posted by hermie | October 19, 2007 3:40 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
His next exhibition will be funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
PETA has sure remained quiet about this one...
6. Posted by hermie | October 19, 2007 3:40 PM |
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Posted on October 19, 2007 15:40
7. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | October 19, 2007 5:11 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Spurwing,
He did kill it. He starved it to death for "art".
7. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | October 19, 2007 5:11 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on October 19, 2007 17:11
8. Posted by langtry | October 19, 2007 5:22 PM | Score: 0 (6 votes cast)
Another reason why I generally despise Latin America.
8. Posted by langtry | October 19, 2007 5:22 PM |
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Posted on October 19, 2007 17:22
9. Posted by Master Shake | October 19, 2007 5:36 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Hey, leftie trolls! Come here and let me tie you up. You're not against art, are you?
9. Posted by Master Shake | October 19, 2007 5:36 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on October 19, 2007 17:36
10. Posted by DaveD | October 19, 2007 5:39 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Burglar...........killed by guard dogs...............protecting property.
This is what awakens Vargas' artistic muse and the result is this obscenity? It's one thing when an idiot announces he's doing this sort of thing. It's another when not one single individual is moved to intervene.
A man dies because he voluntarily makes a real stupid decision. The artist protests by killing an innocent life that has no decision in the matter. I just don't see the connection. Maybe it is tolerated because it is cultural thing.
10. Posted by DaveD | October 19, 2007 5:39 PM |
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Posted on October 19, 2007 17:39
11. Posted by Paul Hooson | October 19, 2007 6:14 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Sick. Sick. Sick. Animals are a wonderful creation of God and deserve much more respect than this.
11. Posted by Paul Hooson | October 19, 2007 6:14 PM |
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Posted on October 19, 2007 18:14
12. Posted by Rance | October 19, 2007 6:16 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
"...gave explicit instructions for the dog to not be fed."
To whom did he give these instructions? Whoever else knew that this was going on, should get whatever the artist gets for going along with this stupidity.
12. Posted by Rance | October 19, 2007 6:16 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on October 19, 2007 18:16
13. Posted by LaMedusa | October 19, 2007 7:46 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
In the photos on this message board, there are a lot of people just standing around and watching or indifferent to the plight of this animal. No one seems a bit concerned. I wonder sometimes...what could posess someone to be so cruel? Art is supposed to be about creating.
13. Posted by LaMedusa | October 19, 2007 7:46 PM |
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Posted on October 19, 2007 19:46
14. Posted by Maggie | October 19, 2007 8:35 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
I've got dogs, and I'd be using a BIG
clue bat on some one if I caught them
doing this kind 'art' on a living
animal of any kind.
May he get the same kind of results
from his efforts. Bon apetite!
/sarc
14. Posted by Maggie | October 19, 2007 8:35 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on October 19, 2007 20:35
15. Posted by DSkinner | October 19, 2007 9:38 PM | Score: -2 (4 votes cast)
Hey, dying through starving and dehydration is painless. That's what Michael taught me. According to him the dog didn't feel a thing.
15. Posted by DSkinner | October 19, 2007 9:38 PM |
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Posted on October 19, 2007 21:38
16. Posted by kim | October 20, 2007 1:06 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Karma's a bitch. A hongry one.
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16. Posted by kim | October 20, 2007 1:06 AM |
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Posted on October 20, 2007 01:06
17. Posted by Jim Addison | October 20, 2007 2:09 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
The late Daniel Patrick Moynihan noted long ago that one of the signs our society was crumbling was the ongoing trend of "defining deviancy down."
In other words, the more we find excuses for sick and deviant behavior and accept it as a viable "alternative" to the "mainstream," the more our cultural character declines.
Moral standards were not "imposed" by some dictatorial and controlling oligarchy; they were the agreed-upon base line for civil society.
Blurring the lines between liberty and license leads to . . . things like this.
17. Posted by Jim Addison | October 20, 2007 2:09 AM |
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Posted on October 20, 2007 02:09
18. Posted by Ryan | October 20, 2007 2:23 AM | Score: -5 (5 votes cast)
"Typical liberal -- crying huge crocodile tears over a burglar killed by guard dogs." Oh my god, you guys need to step back and see how sick you are. Way to work the word "liberal" into a story about a dog starving to death. That quote isn't from a post, it's from the ARTICLE!!!! This site is populated by Coulter-like caricatures. I guess it only makes sense, I mean, everyone knows about Hillary and Obama's plans to black out the sun, blow up school buses, and implant tracking chips into the brains of all Americans, right? This place used to host real political debating, now it's just somewhere I visit to email people the crazy shit that pops up here. I guess Limbaugh, Coulter, and you guys will all be happy when a soldier who doesn't feel good about blowing up an Iraqi elementary school, is a "phony soldier", and all the Jews have been "perfected" into Christianity. This is a joke site. It's like a cartoon strip, really.
18. Posted by Ryan | October 20, 2007 2:23 AM |
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Posted on October 20, 2007 02:23
19. Posted by kim | October 20, 2007 7:34 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Typical liberal. Hey, the conversation degenerated from BDS and a dreadful Frost.
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19. Posted by kim | October 20, 2007 7:34 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on October 20, 2007 07:34
20. Posted by Proof | October 20, 2007 1:53 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
now it's just somewhere I visit to email people the crazy shit that pops up here
Personified by you, Ryan!
20. Posted by Proof | October 20, 2007 1:53 PM |
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Posted on October 20, 2007 13:53
21. Posted by BlackDog | October 21, 2007 8:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ryan, did you READ the article?
This HUMAN willfully ordered this dog death to demonstrate other peoples hypocisy?
It demonstrates that he is a hypocrite of the worst kind! JUST LIKE YOU!
Where is your outrage against him!
Instead he could have done something about the poor!
How much fucking money did he make of this?
How much adoration from his audience did he receive?
He is a sick self serving peice of shit!!!!!!!!!
21. Posted by BlackDog | October 21, 2007 8:12 PM |
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Posted on October 21, 2007 20:12
22. Posted by alex | October 25, 2007 7:52 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
i'd like to ttie him up with 10 snarling doberman
and l them slowly maul then eat his still
concious body sorry but i'm just really p!$$£d off
depp=true
22. Posted by alex | October 25, 2007 7:52 AM |
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Posted on October 25, 2007 07:52
23. Posted by alex | October 25, 2007 7:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
sorry tie
23. Posted by alex | October 25, 2007 7:53 AM |
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Posted on October 25, 2007 07:53