Cow Parade i Telemarken

Karen fra Norge syntes, at jeg skulle have del i en af hendes sommers oplevelser og jeg skal love for, at der har været noget at kigge på. Karen var taget til Rjukan, for at se storslået natur… og køer!

Cow Parade var nået til Norge og Karen fik en oplevelse ud over det sædvanlige, da hun fik øje på disse svævende køer på vej over kløften. Hun kunne specielt godt lide Fredskoen og hende er jeg også vild med, men sikke en oplevelse.

Fotos: Karen

Cow Parade har indtil videre været omkring bl.a. USA, England og sidst Telemarken. Lige nu søger de kunstnere, som har lyst til at deltage med deres bud på en kunstko til bl.a. udstillinger i Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Wisconsin og Boston.

Her er hvad Cow Parade selv selv skriver om udstillingen:

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!

Du kan naturligvis også købe en miniatureudgave af køerne. Der er masser at vælge mellem, så mon ikke der gemmer sig en, som kunne pynte hjemme hos dig? Jeg har allerede fundet et par favoritter.

Hvem kan ikke elske Elvis the Cow? Jeg kunne godt, stående på hylden for finurligheder.

Tak for den gode historie Karen :-)