''The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill'' is an art installation by
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams ...
. Held in Greenwich Village in 2008, it marked the graffiti artist's first official exhibition in New York.
The installation took the form of a fake pet shop and aimed to question "our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming".
Banksy said that "New Yorkers don't care about art, they care about pets. So I'm exhibiting them instead." The installation featured a variety of bizarre exhibits, including animatronic hot-dogs apparently performing a sex act; chicken nuggets with legs, dipping themselves in sauce; and a robot monkey wearing headphones, watching TV in a cage.
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2008 in art
2008 works
Works by Banksy
Events in New York City
Greenwich Village
Monkeys in art
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