While setting up a new "pet store" on 7th avenue, Banksy was able to confuse and upset New Yorkers who for days spotted animals such as a Leopard and Monkeys through the unfinished window. As a part of his first New York installation "The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill", Bansky displays artworks that include a couple of chicken nuggets sipping ketchup, hot dogs writhing underneath heat lamps, two fish fingers floating in a fish bowl and robotic rabbits wearing pearl necklaces. Bansky's explanation for the pet store that appears to be a fully funcationing retail outlet was "New Yorkers don't care about art, they care about pets, So I'm exhibiting them instead". He added the Philosophical aspect to the work , saying"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." The pet shop is open for business everyday until midnight through October 31st.
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