the “Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill”
perhaps some of you saw that a few days ago i linked to an article over there on the right –> in my google reader feed about Banksy’s newest creation in NY, but it still warrants its own blog post.
“New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets. So I’m exhibiting them instead. I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing. I took all the money I made exploiting an animal in my last show and used it to fund a new show about the exploitation of animals. If its art and you can see it from the street, I guess it could still be considered street art.”
the “Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill” is half pet “store”, half grocery “store” and contains things like McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets sipping barbecue sauce, a rabbit in a cage putting on her makeup, breaded fish swimming in bowls, hot dogs under heat lamps in cages next to shelves of oscar-meyer looking packaged meat products. you can see photos and watch videos (DEFINITELY WATCH THE VIDEOS!) here.
more about banksy.
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