Rama and Malay are clouded leopards. Rudi and Solaris are orangutans. But they are all artists. This Saturday, visitors to the Houston Zoo will get the chance to purchase the animals’ art and benefit animal conservation projets in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Bert Long, Christopher Malice and Whitney Riley are three of the 10 human artists who have collaborated with the Houston Zoo’s animals to produce unique works of art for the event. On Saturday, March 27 the Houston Zoo will present its 4th Pongos Helping Pongos Art Event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at G Gallery in the Heights at 301 E. 11th Street benefiting orangutan and elephant conservation.
The exhibition and wine and cheese reception will feature more than 40 individual paintings done by the Houston Zoo’s orangutans, elephants, siamangs, babirusa, and clouded leopards and collaborative pieces produced by the animals and their human artist partners.
The paintings, photographic portraits of the featured artists and professional photographs of wild orangutans and Bornean elephants will be displayed at G Gallery for a single night in a fine arts setting. All paintings, photographs, and portraits will be sold by silent auction with all proceeds benefiting orangutan and elephant conservation projects in Malaysia and Indonesia.
