Banksy's Village Pet Store and Grill

"This revolution is for display purposes only"
-Banksy

Graffiti genius Banksy just opened his "Village Pet Store and Grill" a few days ago in NYC, at 89 West 7th Avenue. You may not recognize his work though because there's no writing on the wall here...

Using animatronics for his first time, Banksy has created an eye-opening and chilling world where "there are no puppies or kittens in the windows". Instead, "McDonald's Chicken McNuggets sip barbecue sauce. A rabbit puts on her makeup. A CCTV camera nurtures its young." Banksy's groundbreaking social commentary confronting the way we live and intelligently raising questions about where animals go, runs through Halloween and might be recreated elsewhere later. Hopefully, the West Coast!

via Wooster Collective:

Lifeless leopard coat

Hot dogs trapped

Nuggets in a coop

Bunny testing make-up

Fishsticks in a fish bowl

Live sneak peak:

From Banksy:

“New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets. So I’m exhibiting them instead. 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. I took all the money I made exploiting an animal in my last show and used it to fund a new show about the exploitation of animals. If its art and you can see it from the street, I guess it could still be considered street art."