26/52 - Elephant Parade

Week 26 of 52
Elephant Parade
Singapore

From now until mid-January there is an open-air art exhibition going on here in Singapore called "Elephant Parade".  It is similar to the cows in Chicago or the wolves in Raleigh a few years back.  There are over 150 of these elephants scattered around Singapore.  Each has been painted by a different artist and will be auctioned off at the end of the exhibition.  The exhibit is not only for us to enjoy the art but also to raise awareness on saving the Asian Elephant globally.

Last Sunday I took a long walk and saw a fair number of the elephants.  Some are really amazing and others are just okay...nothing special.  As with all art, I guess there will always be a mixed reaction.  I do have to commend all of these artists for donating their time to paint these for such a worthy cause.

So the little guy pictured above is called 'Delightful Durian'.  If you know anything about Asia you'll know what a durian is and appreciate that it is something very specific to the region so I thought this one best embodied Asia + elephant.  Here's the other side of him...

I think my favorite out of all of them was this little guy...

He is named 'Al BUIN'.  He just had some amazing colors and I love the position of this one.  It looks like he is having a great time and smiling...maybe it is because he has such a great view of the Marina Bay area...

A close second to Al BUIN was this guy...

He is called 'Skyline Singapore' which I think is a pretty obvious description of him.

I had a nice, although super hot, walk wandering around and seeing these little guys.  I am really thankful that Singapore makes such an effort with promoting art and making it accessible to everyone.  I acknowledge that elephants are not earth-shattering pieces of art but they certainly are fun to look at, very creative, and raise awareness for a good cause.  What better combination?

I'll leave you with pics of a few others since you can't be here to see them in person...