Banksy: Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill

http://www.vernissage.tv | Banksy: Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill. Chicken Nuggets dip themselves, a rabbit in pearls is filing her nails, sausages and hot dogs squirm in terrariums, and fish sticks are floating in a tank: That's happening until October 31, 2008 in Banksy's The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill in Lower Manhattan (89 Seventh Avenue South, near Bleecker Street). It's British artist Banksy's first official exhibition in New York, and it's not a mural but an installation. A mock pet supply shop, "open for pet supplies / rare breeds / mechanically retrieved meat"; as a sign says in front of the shop. Banksy: "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."
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[crazymonkeyzane5]

uhm ive never ben there but do they sell pets?

[henrichy0205yt]

@crazymonkeyzane5 it was only a temporary store. And only robo-pets ;–)

[crazymonkeyzane5]

@henrichy0205yt lol they sell those robo pets??

[henrichy0205yt]

@crazymonkeyzane5 maybe if you are an art collector...

[crazymonkeyzane5]

@henrichy0205yt x] i shud dress like an art collector...

[henrichy0205yt]

@crazymonkeyzane5 yes ;-)

[winemanboy]

Brilliant....pet store and food grill in one! Perhaps a few will get it!

[kokskruemmel]

awesome banksy,

I think there is a meaning behind these artworks

for example the bunny, maybe it should be about animal testing in the cosmetic industrie?

[ThePazeX]

Soooo gooooddd!



[samisyosam]

@kokskruemmel You're about as subtle as a fart in a bathtub.

[Tiffykins7331]

Brilliant*

[petplaysf]

Banksy produces incredible work. If you haven't seen the movie Exit Through The Gift Shop, you need to. I fell in love with Banksy and wished I knew about his work sooner