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starved dog for "art"
Oct 15, 2007

Focus:Animal Welfare
Action Request:Petition
Location:Costa Rica

Dear all, just received this and you bet I'll be signing the petition -

From Vesna Jones -

Dear friends, this is very cruel and sad. An "artist" from Costa Rica, named Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, put a starved dog as a work of art, the poor dog died there, he did not want anyone give him food or water. This monster asked some children to chase the dog and he paid them for their dirty work to give him the dog.

In that event, (in which the dog died) he was chosen to represent his country in the "Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008", the petition site is to sign to boycott him , so he won't can participate in the event:

http://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.html

Please see the pictures -

http://www.marcaacme.com/blogs/analog/index.php/2007/08/22/5_piezas_de_habacuc

(If you want you can write your opinion abaut this "artist" below).

The emails of the Bienal to ask that this monster wont't be select to representative of his country are:

bienalcostarica@ gmail.com , info@ madc.ac.cr







News items -

http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/octubre/04/aldea1263590.html

http://www.abc.es/20071006/cultura-arte/provocacion-repugnante_200710060253.html
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Posted: Monday October 15, 2007, 2:27 pm
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Yasmin K. (2) 		Monday October 15, 2007, 5:31 pm
hat an asshole this fake artist! he doesnt deserve to be named as human as well as all those who see that dog there

TONYA COOTS (3) 		Monday October 15, 2007, 5:56 pm
This is sick the person who put this poor dog up for art needs to have a rope tied around his neck and not feed or gave water till he dies.If we can't do that he needs to rot in prison.

TONYA COOTS (3) 		Monday October 15, 2007, 5:58 pm
This is sick the person who put this poor dog up for art needs to have a rope tied around his neck and not feed or gave water till he dies.If we can't do that he needs to rot in prison.

TONYA COOTS (3) 		Monday October 15, 2007, 6:03 pm
I can not believe someone did not cut this dog loose and save him or her.We need to tie this guy up by the neck and not give him food or water till he dies.Since the law won't let us do that we need to pass a law that we let him rot in prison.

Breda Walsh (0) 		Tuesday October 16, 2007, 3:56 am
A friend on myspace "OVeRExPoSED" from Italy told me about this so called artist I have shared this information with my friends and they have signed the petition already, waiting for friends who are at work to show them this
Breda

michele s. (106) 		Tuesday October 16, 2007, 7:46 am
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I am writing regarding the horrifying actions of Guillermo Habacuc Vargas,who paid local children to catch a dog on the street and then confined,starved and publicly displayed the dog as an "art" exhibit until the innocent animal died of starvation.
I along with many people world wide am outraged that Guillermo habacuc Vargas has been selected to represent Costa Rica in "Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008",This man is by no definition of the word an artist he is a criminally insane sadist and enjoys inflicting prolonged suffering upon his innocent victims.he is a danger to all of society as it is well documented that those with the capacity to intentionally cause harm to an animal have the same capacity to harm humans.
To state that this animal would have died eventually of natural causes is unjustifiable and beyond logical,rational thinking.
To allow Guillermo habacuc Vargas to represent Costa Rica in Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008 will in no way benefit Costa Rica,the world is watching and the actions of this so called artist has brought much negative assumptions as to the humanity of the people of Costa Rica and the fact that the many witnesses of this animals suffering did nothing and that the organizers of this event allowed this rather than taking action to see that Guillermo Vargas be criminally charged with animal abuse is sending the world a message that Costa Rica consists of a cruel,uncivilized society that has no regard for life but enjoys viewing and contributing to the loss of life.
Each and every person who knew of and witnessed the suffering of this innocent dog is equally as guilty of causing it's uncalled for death.
And to let this crime go unpunished and instead be awarded by Guillermo Vargas representing Costa Rica in Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008 is unacceptable and shameful not only to Costa Rica but to all participants of this event.
I urge you,do not condone the heinous actions of Guillermo Vargas by allowing him to participation in Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008.He should be jailed and prosecuted to the fullest extent of law for this animals death,not representing Costa Rica as an artist for he is not an artist and to refer to him as such is an insult to all true artists.

Sincerely,

DARRYL Y. (0) 		Tuesday October 16, 2007, 1:19 pm
i personally offer my services to cut his throat in public and charge admission! Earth has become hell where demons and devils dwell! sorry iam going to be sic now,

Becky Tucker (2) 		Wednesday October 17, 2007, 7:11 am
This man should be starved, made to go without water and adults should chase him and throw rocks at him, chasing him out of whatever hell hole he lives in. He's clearly demonic, he shouldn't be allowed around humans. Kill the S.O.B.

Becky Tucker (2) 		Wednesday October 17, 2007, 7:15 am
This man should be starved, made to go without water and adults should chase him and throw rocks at him, chasing him out of whatever hell hole he lives in. He's clearly demonic, he shouldn't be allowed around humans. Kill the S.O.B.

Past Member (0) 		Wednesday October 17, 2007, 4:39 pm
OMG, I am appalled! Totally disgusted & sick to my stomach! I hope that this guy is punished to the fullest extent of the law!

Gerri Lyon (0) 		Thursday October 18, 2007, 5:37 am
OMG!!! This just reenforces my theory...SOME PEOPLE SUCK!!!! This just should not be allowed to happen!

Zach Glucksman (0) 		Saturday April 12, 2008, 10:40 am
New information has surfaced about this heinous act that seems to point to it being a "hoax". The story of course doesnt end there. I am posting a very good article which I think sums up the true "wrong-doing" of Vargas and his Avant-Garde artistic, snobbish, accomplices-http://marielouiseplum.blogspot.com/2008/04/starving-dog-as-art-gallery-confirm.html. I am an ultimate dog lover and have only seen that kind of malnourishment while in Thailand and Cambodia. Even though the pictures made me want to cry I read the article and thought long and hard about what Vargas (and all the 'artists' and people who stood by doing nothing) really should be held accountable for-and then I happily signed the petition.

Zach Glucksman (0) 		Saturday April 12, 2008, 10:44 am
Someone else said it well when they said art is supposed to be an accurate REPRESENTATION of emotions, not the actual emotion. This clearly went overboard. What happens if an artist REALLY wants to "illuminate the masses" to the plight of women who have been raped? And what happens when they think like Vargas?

Brandon Pyrtle (0) 		Wednesday August 20, 2008, 9:44 pm
i want this guy dead. the dumbass idiot could of healed the dog not made him into art wait i got that wrong this is not art this is hell on earth

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