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| Party Animals, Washington, D.C | 
 enlarge | Creators: D. C. Commission On The Arts And Humanities, Tony Gittens, John Woo, Dorothy Mcsweeny, Lou Stovall
Publisher: Orange Frazer Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1497972
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1882203879
Dewey Decimal Number: 730.9753
EAN: 9781882203871
ASIN: 1882203879
Publication Date: September 2002
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Product Description
The Official Book, Party Animals, Washington, DC, is the full-color pictorial record of the largest public art project in the history of our countrys capital. Inspired by the successes of Chicagos 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 creatures100 elephants and 100 donkeysto artists. Party Animals was an opportunity to exhibit Washingtons 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-TVs 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.
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Party Animals of Washington DC Captured! December 13, 2002
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
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.
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