Kalan Sherrard is a street performer,

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and former

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protester. ''

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'' describes zz as "NYC’s Most Avant-Garde Nihilist Subway Performer". Zz was featured on the cover of the magazine's October 24, 2011 issue. In December 2014, Sherrard was arrested in

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while protesting an Art Basel art show on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence. Sherrard says zz was arrested twice at Art Basel. In January 2015, zz was interviewed by the

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about the bank robbery by

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, with whom zz shared a jail cell. It was reported in March 2016 that the performance artist dressed up as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, allowing paying customers to hit, choke, and even urinate on zz.

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