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Contemporary artists!
KickThatBathProf:
Perhaps this requires a different thread entirely, but a contemporary artist named Guillermo Vargas recently debuted "Eres lo que lees" in Honduras
Here is an article about it.
Some pictures
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6748/perromuereengaleradeartyh3.jpg
http://n4abc10.abc.es/Hemeroteca/imagenes/abc/06102007/Cultura/NAC_CUL_web_1.jpg
http://www.ojosdepapel.com/blogs%5Cimages/144/GuillermoVargas1.jpg
http://muyanimal.com/uploads/perrosacrificado2.jpg
What does the internet think about this?
öde:
Johnny, that is one reason you should post more.
Vargas displays a very serious problem with modern society, but his method was pretty horrible.
a pack of wolves:
His method's impossible to confirm. Nobody's sure how he treated that dog and almost every account I've read of the incident has contradicted others in at least some aspect. The only thing we can be sure of is that Vargas used a stray dog in an art exhibit to highlight some very serious political issues. Even if his actions were as bad as the worst reports it's nowhere near as bad as what's gone into the average egg sold in a supermarket, so I can't really see why there's been such an uproar. It seems to be largely based on the hypocrisy that dogs are cute and fluffy so should be given more care than other animals.
KickThatBathProf:
In actuality, I agree with you. Most of the complaints I have seen are based on grossly exaggerated facts. The common argument that "the dog was tied up and left to starve for several days" is untrue in several different ways. The art director herself stated in an interview: "It was untied all the time except for the three hours the exhibition lasted and it was fed regularly with dog food Habacuc himself brought in."
Cartilage Head:
I like Do-Ho Suh's piece "Who Am We?" made of a bunch of yearbook photos that essentially create just a pattern.
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