Fotografías del Cow Parade 2008. San José, Costa Rica. Cow Parade 2008, beautiful picture gallery. San José, Costa Rica.
An amaizing opportunity to blend with art
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For Art, For Charity, For Fun
CowParade is the world’s largest public art event. From Chicago and New York in 1999 and 2000 to Kansas City and Houston in 2001 and London in 2002, CowParade continues to evolve, not just in size, but in creativity and quality of art. While the cow sculptures remain the same, each city’s artists are challenged by the art from past events, inspired by the cultural influences of their respective cities, and moved by their own interpretation of the cow as an art object.
CowParade is not meant to be high art, however. It is first and foremost a public art exhibit that is accessible to everyone.
Most important, CowParade ultimately benefits charity. At the conclusion of each event, the cows are herded up and many are auctioned, with a substantial portion of the proceeds benefiting charity. Our Chicago auction raised an amazing $3,000,000.00 for charity, including $1.4 million on-line and $2.1 million at the live auction assisted by Sotheby's. The average bid price on the 140 cows was nearly $25,000, with the top cow, HANDsome, selling for $110,000. The CowParade New York 2000 Charity Auction raised an equally impressive $1,351,000.00 benefiting several New York City charities. The highest winning bid was $ 60,000, for Tiffany Cow. The average bid was $ 18,257. Detailed auction results for CowParade 2000 New York, Stamford and West Orange will be coming soon, so check back often!
"Art is about breaking down barriers. It gets people to feel, to think, to react. So when you come across life-sized cow sculptures that have been covered in mirrors or gumdrops, cows that have been painted with elaborate themes or transformed into something else entirely, you can’t help but stop and think about what it means. All your preconceived ideas go out the window. Suddenly people see that art can be fun and that art can be interesting to everyone, not just people who frequent museums."
Peter Haning. Organizer
El CowParade es una exhibición internacional pública que ha sido mostrada en grandes ciudades alrededor del mundo. El concepto es simple: artistas locales decoran esculturas de fibra de vidrio con forma de vacas; luego las esculturas son distribuidas por el centro de la ciudad, en lugares públicos como estaciones de metro, avenidas importantes y parques.
Las esculturas suelen mostrar diseños que rememoran la cultura local, así como la vida en la localidad, y otros temas de importancia local o nacional. Después de que las esculturas son exhibidas en la ciudad (por varios meses), éstas son subastadas, y las ganancias son donadas a organizaciones sin fines de lucro.