Dead Dog Art Exhibit A Hoax
The story of a Costa Rican artist who took a dog off the streets and starved it to death in the name of art has been revealed as a hoax.
The story surrounding artist Guillermo Vargas that was printed in Costa Rican newspaper ‘The Nation’ generated a swell of international publicity and outcry. One petition received over two million signatures when it was erroneously publicized that Vargas had been invited to recreate his stunt.
It has now been announced that Vargas, and the gallery, at no point starved or mistreated the dog but that in order for the exhibit to function they had to give off the impression that they did. He has stated that he wanted to illuminate mankind as ‘hypocritical sheep’ by illustrating that a dog that receives no attention suddenly becomes important when it is put in a gallery.
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