Kalan Sherrard Explained

Kalan A. Sherrard
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Oberlin College (2010)
Occupation:Busker
Known For:Performance Art, Puppeteering, Nihilism
Notable Works:Beat Up Trump

Kalan Sherrard is a street performer,[1] puppeteer,[2] anarchist,[3] posthumanist and former Occupy Wall Street protester.[4] New York Magazine describes zz as "NYC’s Most Avant-Garde Nihilist Subway Performer".[5] Zz was featured on the cover of the magazine's October 24, 2011 issue.

In December 2014, Sherrard was arrested in Florida while protesting an Art Basel art show on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence.[6] Sherrard says zz was arrested twice at Art Basel.[7] In January 2015, zz was interviewed by the New York Post about the bank robbery by Joseph Gibbons, with whom zz shared a jail cell.[8] [9]

It was reported in March 2016 that the performance artist dressed up as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, allowing paying customers to hit, choke, and even urinate on zz.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kalan Sherrard and Maria Valenzuela . https://web.archive.org/web/20160407202522/http://incidentmag.com/issue-1/documentation/kalan-sherrard-and-maria-valenzuela/ . 7 April 2016 . Incident Magazine.
  2. Web site: Kalan Sherrard Interview . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406181942/http://anarchistnews.org/content/kalan-sherrard-interview . 6 April 2016 . anarchistnews.org.
  3. News: Ross. Wolfe. On the Left Front of Art: An Interview and Counter-Interview with the Anarchist Performance Artist Kalan Sherrard. The Charnel-House. August 11, 2011. January 19, 2015.
  4. News: Joel. Stonington. Portraits of Peaceful Populist Rage on Wall Street. Kalan Sherrard, 24, ("I travel a lot") street performer. Bloomberg. October 10, 2011. January 19, 2015.
  5. News: Joe. Coscarelli. Meet Kalan Sherrard, NYC's Most Avant-Garde Nihilist Subway Performer. New York. April 30, 2014. January 19, 2015.
  6. News: Joel. Landau. New York street performer arrested at Miami Art Basel protest for demonstrating with fake penis. Sherrard, 27, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence.. Daily News (New York). December 8, 2014. January 19, 2015.
  7. News: Michael E.. Miller. Kalan Sherrard on Dildo-Wielding Art Basel Protest: "Had We Been in Darker Bodies, We Would Probably Be Dead". Miami New Times blog. December 9, 2014. January 19, 2015.
  8. News: Former MIT professor 'robs bank,' films 'heist' . New York Post . Ben . Feuerherd . Beckie . Strum . January 10, 2015.
  9. Milutis . Joe . joe_milutis . 554030927290974208 . January 10, 2015 . NYPD put Joe Gibbons and Kalan Sherrard in the same cell. #curation http://t.co/rNffydg5fO . en . December 31, 2020.
  10. Web site: Wagner . Meg . New York street performer dressed as Donald Trump lets you punch him for $5, pee on him for $300 . nydailynews.com . 2016-03-18 . 2021-04-29.