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If you happened to be in New York’s Chelsea gallery district recently, you may have seen a strange sight. But before you go and get your eyes checked, it will be good to know that you were in fact seeing sheep, or at least sculpted pieces of epoxy, stone, and bronze in the likeness of sheep, invading a local gas station.<\/p>\n

The latest installation<\/a> from French artist\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lalanne,\u00a0Sheep Station<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>is a part of the Michael Shvo and Paul Kasmin Gallery’s\u00a0Getty Station<\/a> program, a project aimed at\u00a0re-envisioning\u00a0the space of a former Chelsea gas station now slated to become home to a collect of luxury residences, but which will also incorporate the public art project into its design.<\/p>\n

Bordering on the surreal, the installation brings a pastoral square of green “grass” and collection of “muttons” to the urban industrial area around New York City’s recent adaptive re-use project The High Line<\/a>.\u00a0But perhaps the most absurd of all is the white picket fence which lines the site.<\/p>\n

Now that<\/em> is something you don’t see everyday in New York City.<\/p>\n

Sheep Station runs now until November 24, 2013.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of The Huffington Post<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/i><\/p>\n

For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you\u2019d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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