Blonde By Nature

No. 89 Seventh Avenue in Greenwich, New York is causing a stir.

The British guerrilla artist Banksy created a store called “The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill“  but this pet store is different. It has animatronic animals…er…forms that use to be animals, doing what the alive animal should technically be doing. A leopard print coat breathing and waving it’s tail, a gorilla watching to wild gorilla’s going at it on the Discovery Channel 24/7, hot dogs in reptile cages (who really knows what’s in a hot dog anyways?) Chicken McNuggets dipping themselves in sauce. Enough said.

Hard to envision, so have a gander at it yourself and let me know what you think.

Up until July, no one knew what this artist looked like but we have learned that he actually used to be a butcher. Makes sense right?

In an official press release, Banksy explained, “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.”

This exhibit is open daily from 10am to midnight until Halloween so if you are in New York, check it out!

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4 and  Jean Aw on Vimeo

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