ANIMALS
ON PARADE (ANGELIC VERSION): Los Angeles had planned to
populate its downtown streets with 6'4"-tall angels,
decorated by artists. "But due to rain, red tape, tardy
artists, cash-flow problems and the logistics of carting the
500-pound artworks (a 100-pound angel on a 400-pound base),
Community of Angels is taking flight more slowly than project
organizers had hoped. Los Angeles
Times 03/10/01
THE
DAMN COWS ARE BACK - AND THEY'RE SUING TOO: The fibreglass art
cows are coming next to London - 500 of them. The
animals-on-parade shtick is turning up in cities everywhere. But
now the Swiss that started it all are suing the Americans who ran
with the idea and there are countersuits and... The
Independent (London) 01/29/01
BEAGLE
INVASION: Much
like the fiberglass cow craze that swept other cities earlier this
year, downtown St. Paul, Minnesota has been overrun by 101 statues
of Snoopy which were commissioned to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of St. Paul native Charles Schultz's
"Peanuts" strip. NPR
10/05/00 [Real
audio file]
ART
THAT MOOS: Fibreglass cows and moose and even corn invaded the
streets of American cities this summer. "Yet all the colorful
animals and vegetables and cartoon characters are raising
questions on the nature of public art, with critics branding the
new works as kitsch that avoids controversy. Still, the works are
drawing more praise than censure, and the trend continues to
grow." Christian Science Monitor
09/29/00
DOUBLES
ANYONE? Chicago's Mayor Daley and the Chicago Sun-Times are
feuding. Not about taxes or police or misdeeds. It's about
ping-pong tables. This summer, in a follow-up to last summer's art
cows, the city has placed ping pong tables through downtown. The
newspaper called the project a flop and the mayor's fuming; the
city ordered the table in front of the Sun-Times building removed.
Chicago Sun-Times 08/26/00
GONE
TO THE DOGS (ER, COWS?):
The most visible art in New York this summer is of the animal kind
- from the Koons giant dog to cows on parade.
New York Times 07/28/00
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APOLITICAL
COWS ONLY: A federal US judge has allowed the rejection of a
decorated art cow proposed by People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA). The animal rights group wanted to enter its cow -
bearing anti-meat messages - from New York's art-cow parade
currently on view in the city.
Yahoo! (Reuters) 07/16/00
HAVING
A COW: Improbably, the 300-plus decorated cows that spent last
summer on display throughout downtown Chicago raised some $3.5
million when they were auctioned off for charity. So much money
was raised, the decorated fibreglass animals-on-parade thing has
swept dozens of other cities this summer. Just what became of the
Chicago art-cows that were sold last summer?
Chicago Tribune 07/20/00
RAINING
ON THE COW PARADE: The 500 New York painted fiberglass cows
and their "suburban cousins" in New Jersey and
Connecticut won't be off the streets until fall, when they'll be
auctioned off for charity. Here are seven reasons why that's way
too long a wait. New
York Times 07/12/00 (one-time
registration required for entry)
HOOF
AND MOUTH DISEASE: The fiberglass animal craze is spreading to
cities all over America. Latest to catch it is San Jose, which
proposes to deploy 1,000 fiberglass bulls throughout Silicon
Valley. At least the title of the project acknowledges the idea's
commercial underpinnings: ``Silicon Valley Stampede: Home of the
Bull Market.''
San
JoseMercury News 06/25/00
HAVE
A COW: Chicago's outdoor art cows have attracted more
attention to the city's downtown than the 1996 Democratic National
Convention, and pumped $200 million into the economy. Atlanta
Journal Constitution 10/29/99
MERMAIDS
IN NORFOLK, GIANT CORN IN BLOOMINGTON: Some three dozen US
cities have deployed art on their downtown streets after Chicago
reported a hit with its art cows last year. Now Chicago is talking
about putting a twist on the idea next summer. "If Chicago
can reinvent itself and come up with something even more
inventive, I'd say we're up for a decade of things on
parade." CNN
(AP) 07/04/00
COW
CLONES: Last
summer Chicago placed 300 fibreglass art cows on its downtown
streets and the city claims 2 million visitors came to see them,
generating more that $200 million in economic activity. Sniffing a
hit, some 30 North American cities are planning urban animal
installations this summer - among them Toronto, which this week
put up 100 10-foot-tall moose around its downtown.
Chicago Tribune 06/07/00
NOW
EVERYONE'S GOT TO DO IT: Last summer Chicago's art cows were
the hit of the town. Now Cincinnati is planning a Big Pig Gig and
Toronto is courting moose (mooses?). So Buffalo, well, what else
would the city deploy but the big brown beasts? The project has
been a hit with artists, sponsors and the public. Look for the
first herd in May. Buffalo
News 04/11/00
HAVE
A COW: The New York Foundation for the Arts has pulled out of
administrating a major city-sponsored art project this summer to
paint and display 1,000 fiberglass cows. The city had sought to
have the foundation impose a rule on artists stating:
"Designs that are religious, political or sexual in nature
will not be accepted." Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel (New York Daily News) 02/14/00
HAVE
A COW: Chicago's outdoor art cows have attracted more
attention to the city's downtown than the 1996 Democratic National
Convention, and pumped $200 million into the economy. Atlanta
Journal Constitution 10/29/99
