Mondrian - CowParade - "Moondrian Cow" (Medium)

Mondrian "work continues to have an immense impact on the development of modern art, having influenced movements including the Bauhaus and Minimalism. It has also inspired the fashion designs of Yves Saint Laurent and the cover of The White Stripes 2000 album, De Stijl.

About the Art

Jon Eastman painted this "Moondrian Cow" for the Cow Parade cows exhibit of New York in 2000. He used Mondrian style with geometric figures, in particular, variations of colored squares and rectangles. The painting was born from the "˜De Stijl' movement, one of the major modern movements focused on Neo-Plasticism and founded by Mondrian. The horizontal lines signify a sense of rest and calm, while the vertical lines communicate a sense of height. The lines create a sense of stability and solidarity by working together as an overall piece. Mondrian portrayed this sense of stability through his paintings and evoked feelings of an utopian society rather than face the instability of the world in its current state. Moondrian Cow sculpture represents a grazing cow. Jon Eastman figurine is now part of the Museum Edition of the Cow Parade cows. Each figurine always comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a soft dust bag.

About the cow parade cows in New York

New York, NY hosted a herd of 500 Cow Parade cows from Summer until Fall 2000. It is interesting to notice that New Yorkers pointed out that the cows were not American! Indeed, most American cows have their horns removed at birth. Knapp is the Swiss-born sculptor who shaped the Cow Parade cows specifically for the event. Pascal Knapp owns the copyrights to the standing, reclining, and grazing cow shapes used in all CowParade exhibits.

CowParade New York auctions were a great success and raised $ 1,351,000 benefiting several New York City charities. The average bid was $ 18,257. However, the highest winning bid was $ 60,000, for Tiffany Cow. In the end, the CowParade auction provided an opportunity to support the work performed by these charities while enjoying a unique art form.