Comments on: Massive Links: “This is Why People Hate Contemporary Art” Edition

By: Brian Sherwin

Brian Sherwin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:26:35 +0000

There was so much confusion over that dog exhibit. I refused to write about until I knew the facts. Concerning Wafaa Bilal’s “Dog or Iraqi”, I’m fairly certain that he knows people will select him going into it. At least that is what I gathered from interviewing him.

By: Cat

Cat — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:52:21 +0000

My take on the veracity of the dog piece is this: The first places I heard about it were not the news, an art blog, or anything remotely credible. I first saw it on facebook and myspace, where it circulated for a few weeks in capital letters, died for awhile, and seems to have come back to life. Who takes real news straight to MySpace?

By: martin

martin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:39:56 +0000

have you heard of wafaa bila’s “dog or iraqi”? i’ve been surprised it hasn’t gotten any attention with all of that other dog torture stuff making news. maybe because it is lame.

(actually, i’m not certain this is bilal’s project. i think his involvement might be as the iraqi who might get waterboarded)

By: Jill Conner

Jill Conner — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:41:45 +0000

Crimelibrary.com, or a court-room murder simulation seen on the likes of Dateline NBC, is more interesting. After more thought, Vargas’ makes art look like its nothing but ludicrous navel-gazing, unfortunately. Does the art world need to pander itself away to ANYTHING?

By: Jill Conner

Jill Conner — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:32:42 +0000

Vargas’ work isn’t new: Tom Otterness adopted a dog many years ago and shot it as part of an art piece. None of this, like Damien Hirst’s sliced animals, are anything new but rather a symptom of something gone wrong.

By: Regular reader

Regular reader — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:26:13 +0000

The idea is a metaphor for something else–I can’t give you an interpretation. The idea definitely isn’t about the plight of stray dogs in cities, nor is it about how galleries transform ordinary objects. There’s got to be something more to the artist’s gesture….

By: Art Fag City

Art Fag City — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:55:18 +0000

I’m not suggesting they’re not, but I do challenge that work. The fact that the dying dog “is very real to us” doesn’t mean anything. I mean, how interesting is the IDEA of starving a dog to death in gallery? Once you decide that’s what will be done, the outcome is inevitable.

By: Regular reader

Regular reader — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:03:05 +0000

Hoaxes are–or at least can be–conceptual art projects. Our reactions are real in spite of the fact that the works of art may not. This dying dog is very real to us.

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C-MONSTER.net. » Blog Archive » The Digest. 04.18.08. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:24:09 +0000

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By: Art Fag City

Art Fag City — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:15:16 +0000

Just to make sure everyone is clear: Both of these cases are more than likely hoaxes.