Supertouchart.com: "Street art aficionados and cynical phenomenologists (we don’t know any of those) have been long awaiting SIR BANKSY’s official New York debut but surely even the most imaginative punter couldn’t have guessed that the Bristol Bad Boy’s first show in the Apple would come in the form of a mock pet store with nothing inside for sale. That’s exactly what the “street art” king’s adoring public got, however, when the doors to The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill opened at 89 7th Avenue (between Bleeker and West 4th) last Thursday, October 9th, revealing what seemed from the outside to be a small West Village pet shop stocked not with purring kittens and wiggly puppies, but a more sinister menagerie. Inside, animatronic chicken nuggets, porno watching monkeys, coexisted alongside ageing tweety birds, swimming fish sticks, and suggestively writing caged hot dogs, in what can only be described as an entirely unique visual critique of the state of animal husbandry in the modern world. In the words of Banksy himself, “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.” The show is open for viewing from 10am—12am daily and remains on view until Halloween." Visit The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill on the web and watch the videos. New York Times Review

バンクシーがこれまでとは全く違うスタイルで新しい作品シリーズを発表した。その名もthe village pet store and charcoal grill突如、ニューヨークにペットショップをオープン。もちろんただのペットショップではない。 こんなかんじ↓ 凄いのは、動物（？）が生き生きとリアルに動いてること。金かかってる。明らかにバンクシーの新境地。過去の彼の個展で見られたようなハードコアな作品とは全く違う。新たな方向性。作品自体は凄く面白いのだが、なんだか良くも悪くも彼じゃないみたいだ。 今月の31日まで、10時から夜中の12時まで開催。行けるなら確実に行きたい展示ですこれ。 グラフィティからそのキャリアをスタートさせ、今や完全に世界的なコンテンポラリーアーティスト。ダミアン・ハーストを追い抜け追い越せ。 （via:http://www.designboom.com/weblog/）関係ないけど、日本人が３人とアメリカ国籍の日系人がノーベル賞を受賞した件についてNBonlineで興味深い記事が。