Someone Has a Beef
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008That Cowparade ! The largest public art collection in the world is in the news again. Last time a group of militant Norwegians held one of t
he cows hostage because they believed the Cowparade was not about art but advertising. That poor cow ended up decapitated! So now I hear that an arsonist in Budapest has set fire to the warehouse in Budafok, which has been storing past and present cows. From all reports the Rubiks Cow was amongst the victims. Organizers believe “A hate-ridden person took the law into their own hands with the result that the cows have been destroyed”. The organizers are convinced it was a diliberate act of sabotage but they are confident that the show will go on, even it is delayed for a few weeks. The Cowparade raises money for charity by auctioning off the cows after they have been painted by local artists and celebrities.
The Budapest Cowparade hasn’t been without its fair share of controversy, two years ago the Melting Lollipop cow was ceremoniously moved and dumped outside the ‘House of the Liberals’ after a group were highly offended at its original location. Evidently the Melting Lollipop cow was displayed with its butt pointing in the direction of the Szent István’s Basilica.
