Guillermo Vargas: Dogs Trust response
Posted by The Editor at 24 Apr 08 11:11
Tags: Dogs Trust, guillermo vargas habacuc, guillermo vargas, dog starved as art, natividad
Tags: Dogs Trust, guillermo vargas habacuc, guillermo vargas, dog starved as art, natividad
Many of you will have seen a story about an artist called Guillermo Vargas Habacuc circulating in the papers and online - it made the London Metro just this morning. People are claiming that he captured a stray dog, tied it to a post and let it starve to death as part of an exhibition. This happened back in 2006, but he has been invited to display his artwork at the Bienniel celebrations this year.
If this is true, it is a horrifying story. However, reports from the gallery and investigations by the Humane Society in the US suggest that the dog was actually only tethered for a short time, that he was fed and that he subsequently escaped; they also confirm that Vargas will not repeat his art this year.
