In 2006 artists Nicolas Lampert and Micaela O’Herlihy created a gigantic Attention Chicken! which they toured around Milwaukee generating mixed reactions.
Nicolas Lampert and Micaela O’Herlihy created a ten-foot rotisserie chicken out of polystyrene foam, hard coated, and then painted with latex paint and final coat of high gloss varnish.
In October, 2006 Attention Chicken! made a number of unannounced public interventions throughout Milwaukee at Bradford Beach, the woods, Walmart, National Ave, and other locations throughout the city.
Reactions ranged from laughter to attacks directed at the chicken (three in one day!) More interventions and a short film by Micaela O’Herlihy coming in the future.
via Boing Boing
photo via Nicolas Lampert
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I cannot shout loud enough about how wonderful this is. Just ask the guy standing next to me. wow. like Frank Perdue made sweet love to Claes Oldenburg. on a beach.
I agree mikl-em, I want it to come here. I would like to extend an invitation to the giant, raw, headless, naked chicken.
If anything should get NEA funding it's this.
That thing is wonderful.
…all it needs is a layer of glossy varnish to give it a “wet” look to convey how truly delicious that 10' chicken really is!
Vice-presidential.