A cartoon pig being slaughtered on an assembly line. Philosophers quotes about the suffering of bugs. These are not your usual big-money New York ad campaigns. But these artists aim to raise awareness of animal rights during New York Fashion Week, starting August 29, by hosting a group show that is displayed on billboards.
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“Taking place during one of the biggest events on the annual fashion calendar, New York Fashion Week, Animal Liberation will provide a much-needed critique of the inhumane use of animal products like fur and leather in the fashion industry. fashion,” according to a statement. posted by artists.
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New York illustrator Praxis Vgz is curating the Animal Liberation art show in collaboration with art platform SaveArtSpace. South American graphic designer, illustrator, and stencil artist, Vgz began working in Colombia in 2009. Since moving to New York City in 2014, Vgz’s work has focused on animal rights and pet-free company. cruelty.
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Three other artists will also display their animal rights-related work on billboards. Brazilian artist Camila Rosa began her career in 2010 with a female street art collective. Since then, she has graduated to work with big-name clients like Apple, Netflix, and Adidas. Fashion Weekers will walk under Rosa’s artwork of frowning women holding a rabbit, a kid and a pig.
British illustrator and animal rights activist Kate Louise Powell calls on famous philosophers like Jeremy Bentham to help her make her point. She pairs an illustration of two apparently skinned but alive rats held in the gloved hands of researchers with Bentham’s statement: “The question is not, ‘Can they reason?’ Nor, ‘Can you talk?’ But rather, ‘Can they suffer?’”
The fourth artist in the Fashion Week show is British artist Philip McCulloch-Downs, a vegan activist since 2005 and an animal rights artist since 2014.
The non-profit organization SaveArtSpace prides itself on “putting culture over commercialism” and thereby empowering artists from all walks of life with its message of social change. Since its launch in 2015, the nonprofit has installed the work of more than 500 artists in 900 advertising spaces in the US and UK. If you’re in New York for Fashion Week, be sure to look up and check out this display of billboard art.
Images via SaveArtSpace
Source: inhabitat.com