Elephants of London

Between the 3rd of May and the 29th of June 2010, London was invaded by Elephants. 258 plastic elephants the size of genuine adolescents were given to different artists, who decorated them as they saw fit. The elephants were then placed around London as a public art exhibition to raise awareness of the plight of elephants throughout the world.

Image-heavy post after the jump.

Wandering London during the exhibition weeks was near-guaranteed to bring you across at least one elephant, no matter how odd the location. They were in public parks, tourist areas, and on random streets. After the end of the exhibition they were taken to Sotheby’s for a charity auction which raised over four million pounds, 70% of which has gone directly to the Elephant Parade to help conserve elephants in the wild.

I didn’t trawl the streets for every last elephant, but I did get a few for you.

Marching on Buckingham Palace

Eko by Paul Kidby

Never Forget by Tom Hallifax

I Miss The Forest by Wongpeena Winyarat leads the march

Hope of Freedom, various artists

Tigerphant, by Dominique Salm, lurking in Chinatown

Further information: http://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/elephant_parade_london_routemap.pdf – The complete map of elephants and list of artists.

http://www.mooch.org.uk/trips/london/elephantp_x01.html – A complete photo set of all elephants and locations – warning, over 250 images on a single page!

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