Banksy becomes a pet shop boy in New York

Banksy has just opened a new installation entitled The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill.

It concentrates on the contradictory ways in which people see and use animals – for instance as food, pets, exotic beasts, and clothing.



In this work, entitled Chicken Nuggets, two bite-sized ready-to-eat pieces peck at a single-serving carton of tomato ketchup, watched over by their mother hen.


A second installation in the series shows what appears to be a leopard resting on a branch in a zoo enclosure, which turns out on closer inspection to be a fur coat. Another sees two fishfingers swimming gently around in a goldfish bowl.

The exhibition is on at 89, Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York, until October 31.

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