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Nobody gave two shits about that dog dying in the streets, and yet now they do? Idiots.
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Thats a good point. And really a reason for the art to hold some kind of foundation as something that represents not only the frailty of the animal, but the fake uncaring nature of humanity, who often turn a blind eye to horrors that surround us.
I definitely sometimes don't have the stomach for most performance art, (and most of us agree that rolling around in shit and tranposing that to a canvas, is toilet humor at best) but I find this recent work a bit appaling, and yet very effective as a piece of art. Art can mean any number of things, but in the end I believe that art is only truly effective if it conveys a sense of truth.
I don't believe its necessary to destroy a life to save another, but some might disagree. People probably passed this dog on the street, kicking it and hurling insults or perhaps even worse, indifference without any realization that the dog was a conscious living thing. I believe people only start looking at what life is and what they truly are when it is thrown in their face like a piece of rancid maggot-ridden meat.
To be sure, there is a difference between setting a dog on the streets to fend for itself and putting it in a place where it most certainly will die. I find this type of thing appalling, but it still gives me food for thought. I feel in-apathy...
Life imitates art?
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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