Oils on Dogs

[Az hosers]

Dead-Dog Art Causes Stir in Chile

By Gabriela Donoso
Reuters

SANTIAGO (Aug. 26) - A Chilean art exhibition featuring dead dogs picked off
the highway has stirred controversy in this conservative South American nation,
particularly over the use of government funds to promote the event.
The painter and sculptor behind the exhibit, Antonio Becerra, scoured the
streets of the capital collecting about a dozen corpses of dogs that had been
hit by cars.
He then embalmed the mutilated cadavers and painted on their bodies, inserting
pins and spikes into their preserved flesh.
Animal lovers and politicians are outraged by the "Oils on Dogs" exhibition,
made possible by a $7,800 government grant.

( A GOVERNMENT GRANT NO LESS!!!!!!!!!)

Becerra defended his work as a reflection on violence and cruelty in society.

"I don't want to represent the dog. What I do is a mix of butchery, sculpture
and nursing, because I have found dogs on the highway that are half-dead and I
have had to help them," Becerra told Reuters on Monday.
One dog in the exhibit bears an oil painting of Pope John Paul II and a cross
on its flank. Another is spotted with blue and orange butterflies on its white
fur. A small brown dog, its back arched like a cat, has a row of sharp metal
spikes inserted down the length of its spine.
The injuries and deformations caused to the dogs by being hit by a car are also
clearly visible.

DDSD

[nick amoroso]

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*again.*

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