Eglantine

Elephant parade Eglantine

Elephant name: Eglantine
Artist: Isabelle Habegger

Parade:  Luxembourg 2021

I wanted Elefancy to be colourful and happy and to include nature since I find it important to send a thought to nature in this time of climate change. I am very gratefuI to be part of this lovely project which concerns our nature and the welfare and preservation of an animal that I find amazing and important to help.I have used some bright colours and glitter to express the elephant in a hopefully cheerful and friendly way, in order for the expression to be positive and welcoming, for the viewer to hopefully like this fascinating animal.

Elephant parade events

Elephant Parade is a social enterprise and runs the world’s largest art exhibition of decorated elephant statues. Created by artists and celebrities. Each Elephant Parade statue is a unique art piece. International cities always exhibit the life-size elephants and raise awareness for the need of elephant conservation.

20% of Elephant Parade net profits are donated to elephant welfare and conservation projects.

History

2006 was the first elephant parade event by Marc Spits and his son Mike. The inspiration came from Marc Spits’ visit (while logging in Myanmar) to the elephant hospital in Thailand, which constructs prosthetic legs for elephants that encounter landmines. There he saw Mosha, a baby elephant who lost her foot when only seven months old. Thus the idea of the event came to existence.

Did you know?

Elephant Parade is the second largest public art event in the world. Since 2007 there have been events worldwide in 30 cities. More than 3,000 artists have produced more than 2000 unique works of art.

 

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