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A Giant Griffin in Brooklyn
“The griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle,” and it’s living in Brooklyn
Even more terrifying than Kathy Griffin (Photo: Leonard White’s Facebook page)
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I’ve often said that Brooklyn, my borough of residence, could use more monster-based art. My wish has been answered. In East Williamsburg (or Bushwick, or whatever you want to call it) on the corner of Meserole and Waterbury streets, a giant griffin has been built, thanks to the work of British design collective, Giant Robots.
There’s an interesting article on the New York Times‘ City Room blog about the building of the creature:
The two men, who make art under the names of Jimmy Bumble and Leonard White, traveled to the United States from London as part an art collective called Giant Robots that constructs walking, talking robots made almost entirely from found objects.
But the two, former movie-set builders, ran into legal trouble two weeks ago when they were caught building the wooden structure atop a building on JohnsonAvenue near the Williamsburg-Bushwick border.
“They were grafittiing and decided that my roof happens to be a lumberyard,” Yosef Laine, the manager of the building, said by phone.
They were arrested at Mr. Laine’s request and charged with criminal trespassing. After 26 hours in police custody, they were brought before a judge, who said the charges would be dropped in six months if they stayed out of trouble, according to prosecutors.
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