Chicago wasn't the first with the cows, actually. I believe it was Zurich, Switzerland. I had mixed feelings about the cows here in Chicago, even though I know several of the artists who made them. Some odd politics about what was appropriate decoration for a cow popped up, as did a chance for some falsely generated publicity from a very well known Chicago artist. A bunch of artists around town made original art 'cow pies' and left them under the cow statues, which I thought was really funny. The city removed most of them, but the Museum of Contemporary Art let theirs stay. Good for them! I'm friends (and neighbors) with the new coordinator for Chicago public art. When she took that job, I made her promise NO MORE COWS!
re: > Well in defense of America, I must remind you all, that the inspiration for the "Pig" exhibit came > from Chicago's "Cow' display. Where nary a cow was disfgured - udder than one kidnapping as well! > <sorry> Yes, Chicago started it all! L.A. went on to do an exhibit of angels. They were to be auctioned off for charity in the end and removed but so many people loved them that many of the local businesses bought them up to keep them permanently in front of their highrises. Last summer I spent some time on Catalina Island and they currently have an exhibit of buffalos! Seems a couple disappeared and there was a stern editorial in the little local paper there that they should be returned immediately, that this was expensive "vandalism" that wasn't funny, etc. It cracked me up - I'm sure they were taken because they were just too cool ;-) Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
