Artist apes

Would you like to have in your living rooma picture painted by an orangutan or a bonobó? Since last November 14, the organizationGreat Ape Trusthas for sale more than twenty paintings created by primates. The money raised will go to initiatives ofconservation to protect free-living great apes.

Painting is a fun activity that the oranguntans and bonobos of the natural sanctuary that maintains Great Ape Trustperformed on a voluntary basis. In the presence of a caretaker, they choose the canvas and colors, decide between painting soft lines and spots or filling their work with strong, bold strokes. “Everything is under their control,” explains Peter Clay, one of the caretakers.

Although most of the works of art that are part of the exhibitionApes Helping Apesare individual works of the primeates, somepaintingsThey werepainted in turns between the orangutan Knobi and the (human) artist Sue Buck. In one of them, for example, Buck painted the silhouette of Knobi, who then framed his own face in a circle in purple lathes and added a few strokes of color before Buck’s stunned gaze.

In VERY Interesting we show a selection of these simian masterpieces. If you cannot attend the exhibition that is currently taking place in West Des Moines (Iowa, United States) to see them live, you still have time to bid on this painting by Panbanisha, the female bonobó that has shown the greatest gifts so far. artistic. The price on eBay at the moment is $ 1,025.