Artist Tortures Dog To Death In The Name Of Art

When I read of the atrocities perpetrated against innocent people in various African states, the torture and wholesale executions by China, not only the people of occupied Tibet, but the Chinese people also. The Austrian monster who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar and raped her for 24 years and the barbarians that traffic people into sexual and domestic slavery. It shocks and angers me.

I am also angered when I witness or hear of ill-treatment of the less intelligent creatures that share the planet with us. But my priority will always be the human. It is why I am a member of Amnesty International and the main reason I have started this blog.

It is a surprise to me, therefore, that my introductory post is to be about the inhumanity of a so-called artist towards a dog in Nicaragua.

The artist’s name is Guillermo Vargas Habacuc and in 2007 he captured a stray from the streets of Managua, Nicaragua, tied him to a rope in art gallery and starved him to death in the name of art. Over several days, the artist and visitors to the exhibition view the shameful masterpiece based on the dog’s agony. Eventually the dog died.

Apparently there was an outcry at the time and the matter was investigated by the Humane Society and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) the ‘artist’ Habacuc and Juanita Bermúdez, the director of the Códice Gallery deny the dog suffered or died.

If the denials are true how is it the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of the Central America has decided the ‘installation’ art and invited Guillermo Vargas Habacuc to repeat his cruel action for the biennial of 2008.

This exhibition must NOT go ahead, Habacuc must be told his interpretation of art is NOT acceptable. PLEASE sign this petition. It’s free of charge and it will only take 1 minute to save the life of another innocent creature.

Links to organizations mentioned in this article

WSPA

Humane Society

Amnesty International