Miina Äkkijyrkkä's "Tin Cows" were erected in Ruoholahti for the Night of Arts festival in 2000 and in conjunction with an exhibition held in Forum Box.
The artist welded the cows from scrap car parts. The smaller cow was displayed at the Pori Jazz Festival in the late 1990s. The bigger cow was "born" in Helsinki and was sponsored by, amongst others, the City of Helsinki Cultural Office. "Tin Cows" stood on the lawn in Ruoholahti until November 2002.
The "Black Bull", also constructed of scrap car parts, grazed in the square between the coach station and the Lasipalatsi building during the summer of 2002.
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