23 April '08
DIED IN THE NAME OF 'ART'
Call to condemn this artist
In 2007 an 'artist' paid two children to catch a stray dog from the streets. The dog was then tied up in an art gallery in Honduras, put on public display and starved to death.
Guillermo Vargas Habacuc is a 51 year old Costa Rican 'artist' who believes that starving an innocent creature to death is art.
He apparently told visitors not to feed the dog, named 'Nativity', and for several day 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 make matters worse there were phrases written on the wall with dog biscuits. An attempt at sick humour? That's for you to decide.
At this exhibition he was chosen to represent Costa Rica in the 'Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008' where he will repeat his horrible 'exhibit'.
We at the Blah! Party utterly condemn the 'artist'. Sorry we can't call him an artist because it is an insult to all true artists in the world. We'll call him a 'monster' for the purposes of this news story.
This monster cannot be allowed to continue to make animals suffer. He deserves to be locked up and banned from keeping any animals in the future.
If you are as horrified as we are here at BPHQ please do let your friends, family and colleagues know about this man and sign the following petition.
http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition-sign.html
You can also send a letter to the art gallery where this year's "exhibition" will be. The following example letter is supplied courtesy of Kakii.com.
Gallery address:
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
Email Address:
info [at] madc.ac.cr
Sample Letter to Send the Gallery
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 dodirty wordented 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 dirty wordumptions 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,
Your Name
Animal cruelty is a big problem around the world and it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon, but if we all say "enough is enough", we can make a small difference to the lives of these innocent creatures, we can even save the lives of some animals. Let's create a legacy in the name of the poor Nativity and make a stand to ensure that, in our country at least, animal cruelty is a thing of the past.
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