An Elephant in the Lobby

One of the blogs that I follow is that of Brian Sibley. For those unfamiliar with the name, Brian wears many hats when it comes to literature, film and television and the visual arts in general: author, playwright, historian, critic, commentator and probably a dozen more descriptions that simply aren't occurring to me at the moment. So the stage is now set.

Recently Brian posted an article about a series of 250 approximately 7'-0" tall elephant statues that have been decorated with different designs and placed about London.

I posted back that this sounded and looked much like the 200 elephant and donkey (for the Republican Party and the Democratic Party) that were set up around DC about eight years ago. Artists had been invited to decorate each which was great with the innovative designs that they came up with, some were political, some not. At the end of the allotted public display time, the "Party Animals" were either donated or auctioned off to various interested parties. One of the parties must have been the owner of the building that I now work in, because one of the beasties has been placed in the lobby for some years now.

I have included a couple of photos of the wonderful Grecian urn design:

Right Side

Left Side

So Brian, this is for you and all the other elephant admirers out there!