Inspired by the infamous
CowParade, the city of
Baltimore held its own painted-animal display in 2001. Called "Fish Out Of Water," it featured 158 oversized
fish of all types displayed all over downtown Baltimore, from the
Inner Harbor to
Federal Hill and from
Oriole Park at Camden Yards to
Mount Vernon. Designs included
At Your Serfish (a fish dressed as a waiter),
Starfish (in the style of
van Gogh's
Starry Night),
Johann Sea-Bass-Tian Bach (done in a musical motif), and a number of others. As in the CowParade, each fish had a
corporate sponsor; sixty of them were
auctioned to benefit mayoral initiatives for the city's improvement and raised $373,000.
Commercial merchandise - books, apparel, gifts, and the like - related to the exhibit was also created, and additional fish were auctioned on
eBay.
Official website: http://www.baltimorefish.org/