This Banksy never fails
October 20th, 2008
Banksy, the anonymous British street artist, has just opened a little “pet store” at 89 7th Avenue between West 4th and Bleeker Street in the West Village. The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill is actually an astonishing art installation complete with animatronic would-be creatures like fish sticks swimming in a tank and self-dipping chicken nuggets (see photo).
“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,” the mysterious Banksy said (in a statement, of course).
The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill will be open to the public daily through Oct. 31.
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