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Dog Starved to Death in the Name of Art

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Guillermo Vargas Jiménez
Built-in (1975-09-18) September 18, 1975 (historic period 46)

San José , Costa Rica
Nationality Costa Rican

Guillermo Vargas Jiménez, besides known as Habacuc, (built-in September 18, 1975, in San José, Costa Rica) is an artist best known for the controversy caused when he exhibited an emaciated dog in a gallery in Nicaragua in 2007.

Life and piece of work [edit]

Guillermo Vargas studied to be a special instruction teacher at the Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica, but he did not graduate.[1] Vargas describes himself every bit a cocky-taught artist.[2] Vargas'due south media include photography, paintings, functioning art, installation art, theatrical dance, and video.[3] [4] He has exhibited In Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa rica, too as at the Inter-American Development Bank in the United States.[3] [4] Vargas was called as one of six representatives from Costa rica to present at the Bienal Centroamericana Republic of honduras in 2008[5] and again for the Bienal del Istmo 2010.[6] In June, 2010, two of Vargas'southward videos were to be presented at the Bienal de Pontevedra in Spain; yet, later on Vargas showed upwardly wearing a T-shirt that read "camisETA," his videos were removed from the program.[seven]

Exposición Due north° 1 [edit]

One of the images that spread via the Cyberspace forth with allegations that the domestic dog was starved to death

In August, 2007, Vargas displayed his "Exposición North° one" in the Códice Gallery in Managua, Nicaragua. The exposition included the called-for of 175 pieces of crack cocaine and an ounce of marijuana while the Sandinista anthem played backwards.[8] [9] The work as well included an emaciated canis familiaris tied to a wall by a length of rope with "Eres Lo Que Lees" ("You Are What Y'all Read") written on the wall in dog food.[8] [9] According to Vargas, the work included a fifth chemical element: the media.[ane]

The work attracted controversy when it was reported that the canis familiaris had starved to expiry every bit part of Vargas'south piece of work.[v] [viii] Photographs of the exhibit appeared on the Net, showing the dog tied to the wall in a room full of continuing people. At that place are no indications in the photos of where or when they were taken, nor of who took them. The outrage triggered by the photos and the allegations that the domestic dog had been left to starve to death speedily spread internationally via blogs, e-mails, and other unconfirmed sources, including internet petitions to prevent Vargas from participating in the 2008 Bienal Centroamericana in Honduras that received over four million signatures.[ix] [10] Vargas has endorsed the petition, proverb that he, besides, has signed it.[11]

Juanita Bermúdez, the manager of the Códice Gallery, stated that the animal was fed regularly and was only tied up for three hours on one twenty-four hours before it escaped.[viii] [nine] Vargas himself refused to comment on the fate of the dog,[5] [9] just noted that no i tried to free the canis familiaris, give it food, call the constabulary, or practise anything for the dog.[5] Vargas stated that the exhibit and the surrounding controversy highlight people's hypocrisy because no i cares nearly a dog that starves to death in the street.[5] In an interview with El Tiempo, Vargas explained that he was inspired by the death of Natividad Canda, an indigent Nicaraguan addict, who was killed by two Rottweilers in Cartago Province, Costa Rica, while being filmed past the news media in the presence of police, firefighters, and security guards.[12]

Upon conducting a probe, the Humane Gild of the United states was informed that the dog was in a land of starvation when it was captured and escaped subsequently one day of captivity; however, the arrangement also categorically condemned "the employ of live animals in exhibits such every bit this."[13] The World Gild for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) also investigated the exhibit.[10] WSPA found the information regarding the event to be "inconsistent" and met with sponsors of the Honduras Bienal to ensure that no animals would be driveling at the 2008 exhibition in that country.[ten]

Axioma [edit]

In December 2013, Vargas presented his work Axioma in a gallery in Heredia, Costa rica. Habacuc presented a healthy domestic dog (named Axioma) and promised to begin a blog, publishing one photo per day of the dog until the Costa Rican elections in February 2014.[14] The photos were said to show the effects of the passing of fourth dimension on the dog and were to paired with images of the "myths" reported in the official report on the state of the nation.[fifteen] Vargas was accused of planning to document the starvation of the dog.[15] The animal welfare organisation Asesoría Legal Animal published one of the photos on Facebook, asking for help in stopping Vargas.[16] In the ensuing controversy, the blog was taken down, and the Costa Rican National Animal Health Service investigated the case, finding the dog in good health.[16] Vargas explained that he had found the dog in the street in 2010 and had documented its recuperation over time.[14] The thought had been to upload the photos of the canis familiaris's recuperation in opposite order.[14] Vargas described the reaction to his piece of work as typical of a globe in which people course opinions without beingness informed.[14]

Awards [edit]

  • Offset place Bienarte 2005, San José, Republic of costa rica[iii]
  • First identify Bienarte 2007, San José, Republic of costa rica[iii]
  • First identify Bienarte 2009, San José, Republic of costa rica[half-dozen]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "Mi obra representa mi visión de mundo". Vuelta en U. April 14, 2008. Archived from the original on April xv, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-20 . (Spanish)
  2. ^ Ivette Leyva Martínez (March 26, 2008). "El ojo es traicionero". Yahoo! Noticias. Archived from the original on 2008-03-29. Retrieved 2008-05-xx . (Castilian)
  3. ^ a b c d "Habacuc Guillermo Vargas Jiménez (a.k.a. Habacuc)". October 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-ten . (Castilian)
  4. ^ a b "Young Costa Rican Artists: Nine Proposals". May 31, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-x .
  5. ^ a b c d eastward Doriam Diaz (Oct 4, 2007). "Artista tico envuelto en polémica por muerte de perro en obra". La Nación. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-17 . (Spanish)
  6. ^ a b Andrea Solano B (December 1, 2009). "Seis artistas representarán a Costa Rica en la Bienal del Istmo 2010". La Nacion . Retrieved 2009-12-05 . (Castilian)
  7. ^ María Conde (June 4, 2010). "La Bienal de Pontevedra diseña un atlas plural con Galicia y América". La Voz de Galicia . Retrieved 2010-06-ten . (Castilian)
  8. ^ a b c d Geiner Bonilla Ruiz (Oct 5, 2007). "Perro y un polémico arte". La Prensa. Archived from the original on October twenty, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-xv . (Castilian)
  9. ^ a b c d due east Gerard Couzens (March 30, 2008). "Outrage at 'starvation' of a stray dog for fine art". The Guardian . Retrieved 2008-05-17 .
  10. ^ a b c WSPA. "No excuses for cruelty". Retrieved 2008-05-10 . [ permanent dead link ]
  11. ^ Miguel Angel Ceballos (May 10, 2008). "Cuando el arte es llevado al extremo". El Universal . Retrieved 2008-05-18 . (Castilian)
  12. ^ Diego Guerrero (April 27, 2008). "Responde artista Habacuc Guillermo Vargas, quien exhibió atado, sin agua ni alimento, a un perro". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2008-05-xviii . (Spanish)
  13. ^ Humane Social club of the United states (April 23, 2008). "Starving Canis familiaris as "Art"". Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-17 .
  14. ^ a b c d Maria Montero (Dec 17, 2013). "Habacuc: obra pretendía mostrar rescate de perra en orden invertido". Amelia Rueda. Retrieved 2013-12-21 . (Spanish)
  15. ^ a b Fernando Chavez Espinach (December 17, 2013). "Obra de Habacuc con un perro provoca revuelo en redes sociales". La Nación . Retrieved 2013-12-21 . (Spanish)
  16. ^ a b Fernando Chavez Espinach (Dec xviii, 2013). "Habacuc genera polémica por obra con perro". La Nación . Retrieved 2013-12-21 . (Castilian)

External links [edit]

  • Arte: algunas obras de Habacuc Guillermo Vargas (Vargas's blog) (Spanish)

castillosperider.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Vargas

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