Weekend fun and more from Banksy who on Friday launched his
latest animatronic creation as his month long street art residency here in New York
rapidly approaches the finish line. Check the video below to see the grim
reaper enjoying himself in a bumper car, the piece was set up for public
display behind a cage in the Bowery where is lived for two days. A suitable
soundtrack was provided on site by both an accordion player and a recording of
Blue Oyster Cult’s classic “Don't Fear the Reaper” which traded on and off
throughout the day. Those who made it over to see the piece in person might
have noticed the man hiding inside the door structure controlling the bumper
car via remote control.
Saturday saw a simple tagged message on the back of a truck in Sunset Park that Banksy cheekily proclaimed to be an alternative New York bumper slogan, many would agree.
Sunday ended up being an impromptu piece in Greenpoint
Brooklyn after the planned op-ed column in the New York Times was declined for
publishing by the institution. Of course Banksy provided the unpublished
article to the public regardless which was a comment on ground zero’s everlasting eyesore of a construction
site that you can read below.
On a side note the free morning commute newspaper here in NY, AM NY, had an extremely poorly and under researched opinion piece today that is worth the read if you don't want to learn anything new or perhaps care for an opinion that might possibly be akin to someone as well versed in the subject matter as let’s say your local bodega owner.
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