Party Animals, Washington, D.C [Hardcover]

Tony Gittens (Editor), John Woo (Editor), Dorothy McSweeny (Editor), Lou Stovall (Editor), D. C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Corporate Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2002

The Official Book, Party Animals, Washington, DC, is the full-color pictorial record of the largest public art project in the history of our country’s capital. Inspired by the successes of Chicago’s Cows on Parade and similar public arts projects in other cities, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities knew Washington and its artists could only benefit from a chance to display their creativity, generosity, and profound sense of community to the rest of the world. Over a period of nine months, the DC Arts Commission worked diligently to turn over hundreds of well-formed, near life-sized creatures—100 elephants and 100 donkeys—to artists. Party Animals was an opportunity to exhibit Washington’s abundant creative talent and energy. In a city notorious for taking itself a bit too seriously, it was an opportunity to have some fun. The Party Animals public art project was launched by Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, and Anthony Williams, Mayor of the District of Columbia on April 23rd, 2002. The event received over 200 national media mentions that day alone from major media such as The Washington Post, CNN and NBC-TV’s Today Show. But most importantly, Washingtonians began rounding the corners of downtown streets, emerging from Metro entrances and stepping out of their homes to unexpectedly discover a herd of striking and strangely endearing animal sculptures. These handsome works of art will be auctioned off in late October, 2002, leaving only "The Official" Orange Frazer Press book as a record of the event.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Orange Frazer Pr Inc (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882203879
• ISBN-13: 978-1882203871
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 10.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,167,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Party Animals of Washington DC Captured!, December 13, 2002

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This review is from: Party Animals, Washington, D.C (Hardcover)

John Woo has captured those wild Party Animals! The public arts exhibition in Washington DC featuring 100 elephants and donkeys individually designed by local artists and displayed throughout the city ended far too early for us "locals". Many enjoyed touring the city to catch a glimpse of each statue. However, the vandals spoiled some of the fun and the "exhibit" has ended. But thanks to John Woo, we now have them all at our fingertips in this book of photographs! Each donkey and elephant are photographed with a caption including their title, their artist, and where they lived in the city. My only complaint is that no biographical information of the artists are given, or how to contact them. It would be tons of fun to find them all and have them autograph their work. A great book to have if you love DC or politics.