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ATTENTION: I received this in a FWD from my art teacher, and I believe he actually researched this enough to determine it was true. It really upset me because I am an artist and to think of someone killing an animal as art. Below is the message I was sent, and although I don't want to say I encourage signing an online petition, my name is on the list as number 3347.

I don't ask anything besides being aware of this, try to not make this man and his actions famous, and to help us never, ever, see this done again. I would be interested to know your exact first reaction.

Art inspires others to feel emotions, it does not force them to. An artist has no right to force others to do anything, for that is not art.




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Subject: FW: Dog Killed in Gallery as "Art"

Dear Friends, Artists, Collectors and Animal Lovers:
This is horrific. Please sign this petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html
and pass it on...

DOG KILLED IN GALLERY AS "ART"
In the year 2007, Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, a supposed artist, took an

abandoned dog, tied him with a small rope to the wall in an art

gallery and left it there so that he could slowly die of hunger and

thirst. He forced an animal to participate in this indignity. During

several days, both the artist as the visitors to the gallery witnessed

the agony of the poor animal, until it finally died, after a painful,

absurd and incomprehensible hell. Photos of this event can be found

at:

http://elperritovive.blogspot.com/



That is not all, the prestigious Central American Biennial decided

that the savage act of this man was art, and he has been invited to

repeat his cruel action in such Biennial.



Does this "art" need to be repeated? Please sign the petition against

it: www.petitiononline.com/13031953/



Many believe that this man should not congratulated or called an
"artist."

He starved an animal for his own fame.



Google searches for the artist will produce more information. Here's

a few links:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6vP8CgTonQ (video)


http://elperritovive.blogspot.com/ (photos)


http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/514625


http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html

Sick.

Agreed on the horribleness...

On what grounds did he call animal cruelty "art"??

I would hardly blame the artist at all. I think to blame the artist would be missing out on the artist's intentions. The real villian is The person who abandoned the dog in the first place, The gallery owners for allowing this to take place and the visitors of the gallery for not aiding the dog. espcially those who just watched it die.

that woman is NOT an artist(it is a girl) i dont care what she or anyone else said....if shes an artist im ashamed to be one...ive seen a lot of things be called ''art'' but this is the worst....those people who visited that gallery just watched it die so they're just as responsible but the woman thought it up...........i hope that woman dies of starvation..........in a corner.........alone.......no i hope someone sits there and waits for her to die.......just like that pour dog...... crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying ..........thats all i have to say

Theres is a great difference between controversial art and depravity... chaining up a stray dog (who could have easily stood a better chance on its own in the street) and purposefully killing it isn't JUST sick and wrong... its criminal. It is premeditated Murder. She knew the consequences, but she GLADLY continues as though she was being cutting edge. HELL lets call Mike Vick an artist while we're at it.

That's not art that's murder! Animals have rights too!

Oh my GOD! If this happened in our country that "Artist" Would be hunted down and beaten to death. And those people how can they just stand there! scream This is abosolutely disgusting, I would personally like to do the same thing to the people responsible for this!

Uh I see nothing but pots and tomatoe's......