After costumed strippers posed with Banksy's latest installation, a metal-cutting torch was used to strip the image from the garage door of Larry Flynt's Huster Club in Manhattan.
Gothamist reports:
The piece, which went up early yesterday morning and drew crowds all day, seems destined for a framed place of honor inside the strip club. That's right, soon enough on 51st street you'll be able to slip singles into a g-string as you admire the craftsmanship of the world's most famous street artist. Plenty of Hustler's "entertainers" were keen to get a photo with the piece before its imminent removal, and at least four of them flaunted their magnificently manufactured breasts and smiles next to the tag. One stripper actually put her hands on the piece itself, immediately sparking a roar of condemnation from the crowd. "Lighten up," she snapped back. "It's gonna look like shit in a week."
Many more photos are at the link.
Labels: art, Banksy, Manhattan, NYC
