Note the use of quotations marks. Normally I don't get too involved in shock art, but this guy has gone too far.
He paid a couple of kids to catch a stray dog, which he chained to a wall in a gallery - he made it clear that no one was to feed the dog. During the course of the event, which was to choose artists to represent the nation of Nicaragua, the dog slowly wasted away and allegedly starved to death.
I usually give artists a great deal of leeway and I try to never say something "isn't art" just that "I don't like it." Well, not this time. This is not art, it's cruelty.
Enjoy the exhibit, everyone.
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blind_io/2008/04/19/dog3.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blind_io/2008/04/19/dog2.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blind_io/2008/04/19/dog1.JPG
He paid a couple of kids to catch a stray dog, which he chained to a wall in a gallery - he made it clear that no one was to feed the dog. During the course of the event, which was to choose artists to represent the nation of Nicaragua, the dog slowly wasted away and allegedly starved to death.
I usually give artists a great deal of leeway and I try to never say something "isn't art" just that "I don't like it." Well, not this time. This is not art, it's cruelty.
Enjoy the exhibit, everyone.
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blind_io/2008/04/19/dog3.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blind_io/2008/04/19/dog2.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blind_io/2008/04/19/dog1.JPG