#Repost from @sophiegamand. #TortureIsNotArt Ways the @Guggenheim F#%! up this week: . 👉 1- Announced an exhibit of Chinese contemporary art (opening in October) that includes several animal cruelty pieces. In the now infamous dog video for example, 8 dogs were forced in a very stressful, scary situation and filmed for entertainment. Another piece will let you witness reptiles and insects killing each other in a box, until nothing is left. . 👉 2- Perpetuates the stigma that Chinese people are cruel, especially toward animals, and that they don’t value life. . 👉 3- Perpetuates stereotypes against pit bull-type dogs, ignoring years of advocacy and dog science. The artist herself said about her video piece that pit bulls are “naturally pugnacious” and therefore putting them in that violent context isn’t cruelty. . 👉 4- When hit by an angry public demanding these pieces be removed from the show, #Guggenheim released a predictable statement that justifies those pieces as reflections on “globalization and the complex nature of the world we share”. . . ❗️❗️ Let’s keep the pressure on! . 💪→ Sign the petition (link is in my bio - we are just over 20K). . 💪→ Repost this, add the Guggenheim’s location, and maybe add the wonderful institutions that financed this exhibition, probably without knowing about these pieces. Maybe they have a say too? The National Endowment for the Humanities (@nehgov), The Henry Luce Foundation, The W.L.S. Spencer Foundation, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, The Nancy Foss Heath and Richard B. Heath Educational, Cultural and Environmental Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (@neaarts), and the New York State Council on the Arts (@nyscouncilonthearts). As well as sponsors of the institution like @lavazzausa, @ubs, @citibank, @bloombergdotorg, @americanexpress and many more (full list is on the Guggenheim website).
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