The world's first ever contemporary art exhibit for dogs happened a few weeks ago in London. The designs and artworks were done by British contemporary artist Dominic Wilcox with the help of veterinarians and dog experts
Wilcox created a lot of interactive installations that will not only delight dogs but will also stimulate them physically and mentally, according to Bored Panda.
This fun exhibit is produced by the company More Than for their #PlayMore campaign. According to their website, the exhibit is part of #PlayMore, which encourages dog and cat owners to "spend more time playing with their pets." The company believes that through playing, pets are stimulated physically and mentally. And, of course, healthy pets are happy pets.
"Just because dogs can't speak our human language doesn't mean they don't feel the same emotions and enjoy seeing and experiencing new and interesting things," Wilcox said. "Since humans have so many art galleries to visit I thought it's a good time to create an exhibition just for them."
A dog lover himself, Wilcox created a fun world for pets. His interactive installations are based on dog activities. Some of the fun installations include a 10-feet-wide dog dive-in full of 1,000 dog balls, a screen that shows a frisbee that can stimulate dogs, dancing water jets where water goes from one bowl to another and even paintings that is patterned with dog's visual spectrum that are situated on the floor to reach the animal's eye level.
One of the highlights of the art exhibit is a cut-out car, where a dog's head can pop out while a giant fan blows scents of old shoes and raw car.
Wilcox said, "Contemporary art has long been an important source of inspiration and fascination for humans, but never before has it been created with a view to drawing the same kind of emotions out of animals instead."
"While it's certainly one of the more interesting challenges I've faced in my career... I'm looking forward to seeing how many tail wags I get in approval!," he told Lonely Planet.