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Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:27:55 +0000

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By: mikenyc

mikenyc — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:57:58 +0000

dog killer!

i hope someone puts a sledge hammer to it.

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Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:48:16 +0000

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By: Cherish

Cherish — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:12:04 +0000

I agree that we should not judge people for bad behavior or bad choices they made when younger, but pre-meditated murder is not just a silly bad judgment call of a college kid. There is something very sick and wrong if a person is able to kill an animal and call it art.
Also, I think comparing what the ASPCA is forced to do (putting down animals) because of people’s lack of controlling the pet population and shooting a dog for your own selfish needs is wrong. Not a fair comparison at all.

By: mikenyc

mikenyc — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:18:10 +0000

i like stool

By: loose stool

loose stool — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:42:04 +0000

mikenyc, why don’t you take this one. I’m exhausted by all these hyper amoral, non judgmental turds.

By: woah

woah — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:15:36 +0000

DOT is sure right on this one. It’s silly to retroactively judge a person for 30-year-old behavior by today’s super-sanitized societal standards and laws.

Currently many thousands of dogs are killed by the ASPCA every day. For these dogs, no different from a gunshot to the head, everything just goes black.

Those who love animals should be worrying about solving this problem, not worrying about this artist.

By: mikenyc

mikenyc — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:34:59 +0000

i dont remember any frequent lynchings or shooting of dogs in nyc 30 years ago?

By: EK

EK — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:10:40 +0000

Oh the irony: Clumber Spaniel, also known as the “retired gentleman’s shooting dog”. and yes, this is the same artist who’s statues are in the 14th St station.

By: CG

CG — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:02:45 +0000

Is this the same guy whose work appears in the 14th Street A/C/E station?

By: epc

epc — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:56 +0000

Given Otterness’ history with canines, the location is an odd choice given its name, Clumber Corner.

By: BT

BT — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:36:18 +0000

There’s more on this at:
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/2434#more-2434

By: ?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:38:36 +0000

totally agree, jessmiss.

tom otterness’s studio was in dumbo for years — maybe this is partly why he was selected?

By: Yawn

Yawn — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:09:46 +0000

Who cares. It was a dog. Some people eat those.

By: jessmiss

jessmiss — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:44:34 +0000

First, I’m a curator and this is a dog – of course, no pun intended. It’s my own opinion, albeit it an educated one, but this is not what I would refer to as “art” in any positive term of the word. Second, I am surprised that those who have commissioned this dreck did not do a thorough enough background check before they commissioned this person and his ugly past. Not even negative publicity can make this piece appealing.