LARGER PAINTINGS AND LARGER ARTISTSSince 1997, the two artists, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, have ^been teaching elephants to paint with their trunks, and The Museum of >Contemporary Art in Sydney is proud to be able to bring you an exhibitionof their work. Yes it’s true, elephants are able to create colorful abstractartworks that are promoted and distributed by the Asian Elephant Art andConservation Project. The aim of the project instigators is to raise awarenessof the plight of the Asian elephant whose numbers are steadily declining incountries such as Thailand, India and Indonesia. Destruction of habitat, civilunrest and a ban on teak logging in many countries, together withgovernment indifference has put many of the elephants and their mahoutsout of work. The situation is perilous and funds are urgently needed forelephant conservation.At the conclusion of the exhibition at the Museum, paintings by theelephants will oe available for sale in an on-line auction accessible throughthe World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) website, with the money going toelephant conservation across the Asia-Pacific region.Included in the exhibition area will be a resource room providinginformation and background on the careers of Komar and Melamid, as wellas never-before-seen footage of Asian elephants learning to paint andinterviews with supporters of the project, courtesy of the sponsor, AnimalHành tinh.
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