PLEASE HELP STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN

ART:  1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.

so... when was art's definition extended to include the allowance of intentional suffering and/or death of another living thing against its own choice or will. while art should instigate discussion, it should never be through this way. this is truly disgusting.

PLEASE HELP STOP HIM.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html
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 PLEASE SIGN AND FORWARD - this is a disgrace!!
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:54:10 -0500

Please sign and crosspost to everyone you know. Not just rescuers. Send to friends and family, too.
This is a very serious matter...

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.


To see the pictures of this 'art' -  <http://elperritovive.blogspot.com/>
http://elperritovive.blogspot.com/


Does it look like art to you?

But this is not all... the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of the Central
American  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.

PLEASE HELP STOP HIM.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html
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Please read to the end of this....He has been INVITED to do this again THIS
year. Note: He paid five local children to help him catch the terrified stray
dog...in the impoverished area.  The dog had no way to escape capture or his
fate once he was in the hands of this cruel maniac. But this is not all... the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of the Central
American  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.
PLEASE HELP STOP HIM.
http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html
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Besides signing the petition, please also write or e-mail the gallery that
will host the 2008 exhibition to ask them to prohibit him.  We can also
write to other galleries that carry his other works and ask them to boycott
him. Here's some addresses:

(1) EXHIBITION IS TAKING PLACE AT:

info@madc.ac.cr

Centro Nacional de la Cultura
Antigua Fábrica Nacional de Licores.
Avenida 3, calle 15/17. San José,  Costa Rica.
Teléfono: (506) 257 7202 / 257 9370
Fax: (506) 257 8702


(2) ANOTHER GALLERY SHOWING HIS WORK:
This is the email address to a gallery which currently holds some of
Vargas' work for display and sale. If anyone would like to ask the gallery
to
drop him from their list of artists the email address is below.
Email address: info@jacobkarpio-galeria.com

ALSO:  The Animal Legal Defense Fund. suggests:

At this point, we feel the most effective method of protest is to write
local animal protection agencies demanding they put a stop to this exhibit.
You can search for agencies here in the Latin America/Caribbean section
http://worldanimalnet.org/new.asp?co=
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<http://worldanimalnet.org/new.asp?co=&amp;geo=SA&amp;prov=&amp;cat=are> .
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