This Is NOT Art. (Caution, disturbing pictures) view story

34 votes

eleazarizzle.com — In 2007, the ‘artist’ Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the street, tied him to a rope in an art gallery, and starved him to death.

  • Total votes over time

    Total votes over time
  • Votes per hour

    Votes per hour

Recently Voted

There have been 1 things submitted from this site.

Comments (6)

  1. WTF I cant believe that no one intervened on the behalf of this dog! are these art snobs so fucking stupid that they can witness premeditated cruelty and not be outraged because it is labeled art? If this is true and not some intenet hoax, the " artist "needs some Bufford Pussard style justice.

    • (0 Kudos received)
  2. @mortalwind this was just a publicity stunt. There are even conflicting reports that it never happened at all and other reports that the dog was never in any harm and was fed in a back room on a consistent basis.

    • (0 Kudos received)
  3. @Orlando37
    What you've said may be true, however the dog pictured is extremely malnourished and if it was fed in a back room it couldn't have been much more than to keep it alive.

    • (0 Kudos received)
  4. @Orlando37 It's got to be somthing like that, because people get more worked up about animal cruelty then Human suffering. This does not pass the smell test.

    • (0 Kudos received)
  5. @hdar3415 this is why there are plenty of rumors that it never happened and it was a publicity stunt to begin with. There has not been any video to surface (other than a collection of stills) and as we all know pictures can be manipulated (I guess video could as well). When the artist himself signed the petition to not show his work that is when the red flags went up as this could just be a hoax. Here is an article you might want to read for more on it:

    http://www.mannpill.com/loud-and-clear/how-far-is-too-far-think-for-yourself.html

    I do believe it is staged but reserve the right to string the artist up and torture him if it turns out that this exhibit is actually real. I would stop with him either, anyone that approved this "art" should have to suffer as well and I would end with making all the "onlookers" that did nothing to help out the dog sit and watch as we tortured the humans that allowed this.

    • (0 Kudos received)
  6. @mortalwind I agree. We did a little more research and this is what we found:

    http://www.mannpill.com/loud-and-clear/how-far-is-too-far-think-for-yourself.html

    I am still not sure I even agree with this type of bringing attention to an epidemic but obviously it got peoples attention now. I only wonder if it has actually helped.

    • (0 Kudos received)

Login now to post your comment.

10855_24 hdar3415 submitted this on July 5, 2008.