About Eco Art International
From June 8th to October 8th, Principality of Monaco welcomed endangered guests. Fifty Bonelli eagles have landed and parade in the Principality, metamorphosed into artworks by the talent of many international artists. They have formed the first Eco-Art-Parade, an event that ambitions to reveal that environmental responsibility, humanitarian commitment and contemporary creativity turn out to be a winning combination.
Organized by monégasque Eco Art International, Eco-Art-Parade is above all a human adventure coupled with an artistic approach, which aims to contribute to the preservation of the planet in a creative, dynamic, and practical fashion. For its first edition, it highlights Bonelli's eagle, this emblematic raptor of the Mediterranean environment, but also the most threatened species in France with only twenty eight couples registered.
In Monaco like in other countries that will follow, each eagle is sponsored by individual or corporation. Madame Riitta Nelimarkka was invited by her friend and sponsor Mervi Sippola in Monaco to be part of this project. After a four-month exhibition, the sculptures will be auctioned by Sotheby on October 10th to the benefit of Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, an organization totally committed to protecting the environment and encouraging sustainable development.
By 2010, new birds of Eco Art International will fly to other countries like Tunisia and Singapore. Through the same auctioning scheme, these projects will provide a financial support to host countries’ environmental and humanitarian organizations while continuing to contribute to the Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
Madame Nelimarkka worked with her eagle this spring in Monaco. Soon after the first meeting her eagle was named as Elise Eagle. She has landed in Casino Garden, in a spot where she can be admired by her many fans. ”Elise Eagle” got her bright-pink, orange and ”brain-blue” colours simply because I was happy when I was painting the relief surface.
The ”Rabbit Helmet” sitting on the eagle’s head was a biological reference…
Cultural references were not adequate here, since we were talking about human beings protecting nature. But it’s now or never… |
