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Order a bagel and schmear at Feltz Bagels, and you'll be fed an original piece of art
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Artist Lucy Sparrow shows off her latest New York City installation, “Feltz Bagels.” Consisting of approximately 30,000 pieces of felt, it recreates the look and feel of the authentic New York City Jewish bagel shop. - photo by Oct. 3
NEW YORK (AP) — While not one the major food groups, a bagel and a schmear made of felt might satisfy your appetite for art. “Feltz Bagels,” the latest installation from British artist Lucy Sparrow, uses approximately 30,000 pieces of felt to recreate the look and feel of the authentic Jewish bagel shops prominent in New York's Lower East Side neighborhood. Sparrow says she wanted to depict how this breakfast food brought here by Eastern European immigrants in the late 19th century “morphed into New York society” and beyond, making the bagel the Swiss Army knife of breads.