Signed 05.05.2011

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-dog-killer-from-creating-sculpture-for-ny-public-l.html


Artist Tom Otterness has been commissioned by an unnamed donor to sculpt bronze lions at the Battery Park Branch of New York Public Library for $750,000. In 1977, Otterness was involved in another art project. He bought a shelter dog, chained it to a fence, shot it to death and filmed the murder in a movie he called 'Shot Dog Film.'

This crime has tainted any work he shows, publicly, and it would be a disgrace for the NY Public Library to let this project proceed.