Courtesy of Radley Balko:
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.
For several days, the ‘artist’ and the visitors of the exhibition have watched emotionless the shameful ‘masterpiece’ based on the dog’s agony, until eventually he died.
But this is not all… the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of Central America decided that the ‘installation’ was actually art, so that Guillermo Vargas Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action for the biennial of 2008.
Pictures here for those who can stand them
April 18th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
In the updated version they should handcuff Habacuc to the wall and we can watch him starve to death.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I’ll admit that even the Mona Lisa is almost over my head, but even then, I wonder how people get away with the nonsense they call “art” nowadays. If this sort of stuff was called dementia, on the other hand, I might agree with that.
April 19th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
A Real Dilemma for Libertarians…
This is a question that comes up from time to time in libertarian circles, and to which I have yet to see a truly satisfactory answer: are animal rights reconcilable with libertarianism in a way which permits humans to act freely? To be sure, in the …..