How much is that Leopard in the Window?
I used to have 100 reasons why I loved New York City so much, but, thanks to “The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill” at 89 Seventh Avenue, I now have 101 reasons. Only in NYC can you stumble upon a live leopard lounging in a storefront window and not bat an eyelash. But the joke was on me. It was not “live”, “lounging” or even a leopard. Ahh, the trickery of this lovely city.
In fact, I had come across the latest installation of Banksy, “The British street artist with an international reputation”. Here, in his storefront wonder-world, chicken nuggets hatch from eggs and drink barbeque sauce, fish sticks swim in aquariums and sausages sliver like salamanders. Thanks to some fantastic animatronics artists, I almost believed that I could nurture those cute nugget hatchlings to maturation.
In fact, I had come across the latest installation of Banksy, “The British street artist with an international reputation”. Here, in his storefront wonder-world, chicken nuggets hatch from eggs and drink barbeque sauce, fish sticks swim in aquariums and sausages sliver like salamanders. Thanks to some fantastic animatronics artists, I almost believed that I could nurture those cute nugget hatchlings to maturation.
"Free Range, BBQ Sauce Fed Chicken Nuggets"
"The opposite view: Designer Feline Coat"
TO CHECK OUT THIS EXHIBIT:
For installation information visit http://www.thevillagepetstoreandcharchoalgrill.com/
For information about Banksy visit: http://www.banksy.co.uk/
For installation information visit http://www.thevillagepetstoreandcharchoalgrill.com/
For information about Banksy visit: http://www.banksy.co.uk/
Banksy in Harlem
After learning of his work I began to suspect that Banksy was also behind a piece of graffiti art on a deteriorating wall behind my office building. I had admired the interesting use of the exposed wall for months. Well, sure enough, I found a picture of it on his website.
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