BANKSY!
Sans doute l'un des plus grands et des plus drôles artistes d'art contemporain à ce jour, Banksy a frappé New-York avec sa dernière exposition. Putain de génie. Voici l'article du New-York Times:
The rumors are true: Banksy is — or was, or has been — in town, and he’s doing more than just painting, or hiding.
For the last few weeks aficionados of street art have been atwitter with sightings of work by this pseudonymous, secretive British artist. Several of his murals, all featuring giant rats, have popped up on walls and billboards in Lower Manhattan, and on Wednesday a Banksy piece was unveiled at 89 Seventh Avenue South (near Bleecker Street) in Greenwich Village.
This one is not a mural but an installation: a mock pet supply shop, filled with animatronic creatures like a rhesus monkey and would-be creatures like fish sticks swimming in a tank. The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, as the green awning reads, is Banksy’s first official exhibition in New York, his representatives say, and it will be open to the public daily through Oct. 31.
“Open for Pet Supplies/Rare Breeds/Mechanically retrieved meat” says a sign in front of the shop. Bales of hay dot the sidewalk, along with a kiddie dolphin ride, wrapped in a fishing net like the day’s catch. But it is the leopard in one of the storefront windows that stops passers-by first. “Is that — real?” a woman asked on Wednesday, peering at a large furry object perched on a tree branch, its tail swinging.
It’s not: it is an ingeniously arranged fake fur coat. The robot monkey is more lifelike: it sits, breathing, in a cage inside the store, wearing headphones, holding a remote and watching a television clip of some fellow monkeys in an amorous moment.
A rabbit wearing a pearl necklace files her nails in a window; the coop in the next one has chicken nuggets with legs, busily dipping themselves in sauce.
Inside the store, hot dogs and sausages squirm like snakes in sand-filled terrariums, and the floating fish sticks are so lifelike that a visitor tapped on the tank, as if to get their attention.
“I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming,” Banksy said in a statement distributed by a publicist, “but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing.”
Sadly, there are actually no vocalizing snacks. Banksy’s statements, like much of his pranksterish oeuvre, should be taken with a grain of salt. But there’s no denying the show’s attention to comically pointed detail.
Juxtaposed with the animatronic displays are real pet supplies, packages of luncheon meat and odd foodstuffs, like cans of quail eggs and Hormel pork tidbits. None are for sale; entrance is free, lunch not included.
Et voilà les vidéos de l'installation:
The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill - Leopard
The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill - Sausages
The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill - Fish Fingers
The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill - Monkey
Sans doute l'un des plus grands et des plus drôles artistes d'art contemporain à ce jour, Banksy a frappé New-York avec sa dernière exposition. Putain de génie. Voici l'article du New-York Times:
The rumors are true: Banksy is — or was, or has been — in town, and he’s doing more than just painting, or hiding.
For the last few weeks aficionados of street art have been atwitter with sightings of work by this pseudonymous, secretive British artist. Several of his murals, all featuring giant rats, have popped up on walls and billboards in Lower Manhattan, and on Wednesday a Banksy piece was unveiled at 89 Seventh Avenue South (near Bleecker Street) in Greenwich Village.
This one is not a mural but an installation: a mock pet supply shop, filled with animatronic creatures like a rhesus monkey and would-be creatures like fish sticks swimming in a tank. The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, as the green awning reads, is Banksy’s first official exhibition in New York, his representatives say, and it will be open to the public daily through Oct. 31.
“Open for Pet Supplies/Rare Breeds/Mechanically retrieved meat” says a sign in front of the shop. Bales of hay dot the sidewalk, along with a kiddie dolphin ride, wrapped in a fishing net like the day’s catch. But it is the leopard in one of the storefront windows that stops passers-by first. “Is that — real?” a woman asked on Wednesday, peering at a large furry object perched on a tree branch, its tail swinging.
It’s not: it is an ingeniously arranged fake fur coat. The robot monkey is more lifelike: it sits, breathing, in a cage inside the store, wearing headphones, holding a remote and watching a television clip of some fellow monkeys in an amorous moment.
A rabbit wearing a pearl necklace files her nails in a window; the coop in the next one has chicken nuggets with legs, busily dipping themselves in sauce.
Inside the store, hot dogs and sausages squirm like snakes in sand-filled terrariums, and the floating fish sticks are so lifelike that a visitor tapped on the tank, as if to get their attention.
“I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming,” Banksy said in a statement distributed by a publicist, “but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing.”
Sadly, there are actually no vocalizing snacks. Banksy’s statements, like much of his pranksterish oeuvre, should be taken with a grain of salt. But there’s no denying the show’s attention to comically pointed detail.
Juxtaposed with the animatronic displays are real pet supplies, packages of luncheon meat and odd foodstuffs, like cans of quail eggs and Hormel pork tidbits. None are for sale; entrance is free, lunch not included.
Et voilà les vidéos de l'installation:
The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill - Leopard
The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill - Sausages
The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill - Fish Fingers
The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill - Monkey
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