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I don’t know when it started but my not-at-all exhaustive list suggests your examples didn’t start it. LOVE statue in Philadelphia, 1978. Spoonbridge and Cher
by cgriswald 7y ago
I don’t know when it started but my not-at-all exhaustive list suggests your examples didn’t start it.
LOVE statue in Philadelphia, 1978.
Spoonbridge and Cherry in Minneapolis, 1985.
Pork ‘n’ Beans in Seattle 2001.
Peanuts statues in Minneapolis/St. Paul, 2003.
Chicago Bean, 2004.
SF Hearts, 2004.
- mc32 7y agoSure, there have been the Eiffel towers and statues of liberty and such, but the pigs and hearts took it to a pop art level (I do see a resemblance to the spoon cherry though) They could easily and cheaply advertise a city and in a manner tourists love. They’re approachable and everywhere.
- dwringer 7y agoThese later exhibitions seem reminiscent of "CowParade" (established first as Zürich's "Land in Sicht" in 1998), which was ultimately developed into an exhibit not specific to one city, but appears to have inspired at least some similar city-specific exhibits including the Seattle Pigs (three years after the first "cow parade" debut, and entitled "Pigs on Parade" in the same fashion as a 1999 Chicago "Cows on Parade" exhibit). There's much more related information at the CowParade Wikipedia entry[1], with a long list of similar exhibits. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CowParade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CowParade
- Izkata 7y ago> Chicago Bean, 2004 Lion statues at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1893