CowParade explained

CowParade is an international public art exhibit that has featured in major world cities. Fiberglass sculptures of cows are decorated by local artists, and distributed over the city centre, in public places such as train stations, important avenues, and parks. They often feature artwork and designs specific to local culture, as well as city life and other relevant themes.

After the exhibition in the city, which may last many months, the statues are auctioned off and the proceeds donated to charity.

There are a few variations of shape, but the three most common shapes of cow were created by Pascal Knapp, a Swiss-born sculptor who was commissioned to create the cows specifically for the CowParade series of events. Pascal Knapp owns the copyrights to the standing, lying, and grazing cow shapes used in the CowParade events.

History

The concept of "cow parade" has its origins in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1998[1] by artistic director Walter Knapp, it is based on an idea which was realised in the same city for the first time in 1986: lions as the symbol of Zurich were painted and then on display throughout the city.

The Zürich exhibit 1998 was not called "cow parade" - it was called Land in Sicht ("Land ho"). The concept was brought to the United States when Chicago businessman Peter Hanig, along with Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg, organized an event in Chicago in 1999 called Cows on Parade. A Swiss company, CowHolding Parade AG, started to explore the idea. The American company capitalizing on this idea, CowHolding Parade, was founded in 1999; the Swiss company promptly sued but the case fizzled out without results. A bronze casting of one of the cows is on permanent display in Chicago in commemoration of the city's initial exhibition.

The success of this venture inspired many other cities to host similar fundraising projects. The idea has been taken up by other cities which have chosen animals for public art projects with painted fiberglass sculptures (e.g. Liverpool) (see Similar projects).

Some CowParade cities

Similar projects

The phenomenon of CowParade has spawned copy-cat statue decorating projects in a number of cities worldwide.[15]

Zürich itself has adapted the bear theme in the "Teddy-Summer" in 2005.[16]

Elephant Parades

See main article: Elephant Parade.

Elephant Parade is dedicated to saving the Asian elephant from extinction with auctioned off proceeds going to the Elephant Family organisation.

LocationNameExhibitsDate
Elephant Parade 102 baby elephants 2011 June[17]
Hasselt Elephant Parade2012
Heerlen Elephant Parade2011
London Elephant Parade2010
SingaporeElephant Parade2011[18]

Buddy Bears

See main article: Buddy Bear. This adopts the Cowparade idea to Berlin's town mascot; however the entailing United Buddy Bears exhibitions are very different from all other urban events. The bears were created by the German artists Klaus and Eva Herlitz. The idea and the philosophy behind the United Buddy Bears exhibitions are unique: with its international approach and its symbolism, this synthesis of the arts globally promotes tolerance, international understanding and a peaceful coexistence.

LocationNameNumber of Buddy BearsDate
Berlin Buddy Bear Berlin Show 350 2001 and 2002
Berlin + since 2004 worldwide United Buddy Bears Worldtour150 2002 and 2003, since 2004 worldwide

Wild in Art

Since 2008 Wild in Art has created sculpture trails since 2008 from Aberdeen to Cape Town including events associated with sporting events (2012 Olympics and 2014 Commonwealth Games).[19]

LocationNameExhibitsDate
Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness Oor Wullie's Big Bucket Trail 60 WulliesJune 17, 2019, for 6 weeks[20]
Wild Dolphins50 Dolphins June 23, 2014[21] [22]
Snowdogs Discover Ashford[23] 55 Snowdogs September 12-November 18, 2018[24]
Big Hoot[25] 89 owlsJuly 20 to September 27, 2015
BirminghamBig Sleuth[26] [27] 100 sun bearsJuly 10 to September 17, 2017[28]
Pride in Bournemouth 50 lions 2011
Gromit Unleashed 80 Gromits 2013[29] [30] [31]
Cambridge Cows about Cambridge[32] 90 Red Poll cowsJune 28, 2021- September 4, 2021
Rhino Mania[33] 70 rhinos[34] 2010
Liverpool Go Penguins[35] 142 penguins2009[36]
Go Superlambananas!125 Superlambananas 2008
London 83 Wenlock and Mandeville mascots2012[37] [38]
Year of the Bus Sculpture Trails[39] 41 buses 2014[40]
Bee in the City[41] Over 100 beesJuly 23 to September 23, 2018[42]
GoGoDragons!84 large dragons, 120 school dragons[43] 2015

Asia

Europe

LocationNameExhibitsDate
Garden of Earthly Delights sculpture trail Figures taken from the Hieronymus Bosch work The Garden of Earthly Delights 2016[44]
King Bladud's Pigs104 pigs 2008[45]
Bath Lions of Bath100 lions 2010[46]
Bristol Shaun in the City Shaun the Sheep visits Bristol in the summer 2015, after the spring 2015 visit to London. To coincide with Shaun the Sheep Movie. 2015[47]
Bristol Wow! Gorillas 61 gorillas 2011[48]
Colchester Stand tall 112 giraffes 2013[49]
Dortmund 120 winged rhinos2005, expanded for 2006 FIFA World Cup
Glasgow Clyde's Mascot Trail[50] 25 Clydes, the mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games2014
Hamburg Hans Hummel100 Hans Hummel2003
Hannover Elefanten-Parade45 elephants2004'
Istanbul Shoe Art500 shoes2008 September
HullLarkin with Toads40 toads2010
Fishing for Phantasy250 fish2001
Leipzig LeOLips100 lions2002[51]
London What's in your DNA? 21 double helix sculptures including designed by Zaha Hadid, Orla Kiely and Ai Weiwei[52] June 29 – September 6, 2015
London Shaun in the City 50 Shaun the Sheeps. Associated with a parade in Bristol in the summer 2015, and release of Shaun the Sheep Movie March 28 to May 25, 2015
London Budgie the Little Helicopter Comes to Town2021
London The Big Egg Hunt2012
London The Paddington Trail 50 Paddington Bears 2014[53] [54]
London Tusk Rhino Trail 21 rhinosSeptember 2018[55]
Munich Löwenparade500 lions2004
Neustadt an der AischAischgruender Karpfen120 carp2008 September[56]
Newport South Wales, UK60 dragons2010[57]
Pride of Northampton2010[58]
Go Elephants54 baby elephants2008[59]
GoGoGorillas!53[60] gorillas2013[61]
Paris Pathé Roosters50 roosters2021
Herd of Sheffield58 elephants2016[62]
Go Rhinos!rhinos2013[63]
Bunte Borstenviecher 120 pigs2007[64]
Swans of Wells 60 swans2012, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II[65]
Wolves in Wolves30 wolves5 July 5, 2017 - 24 September 2017[66]
Pinguinale200 penguins2006
Zürich Teddy-Summer630 teddy-bears2005

North America

Criticism

CowParade has been criticized by contributing artists for their selectivity standards; David Lynch's cow with its flesh partially ripped off, and organs showing, was rejected. The explanation is that this particular CowParade cow was rejected by the City of New York, not the CowParade organisation.[154] [155]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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