Wednesday, February 02, 2000
Taft's Big Pig first out of the pen
BY OWEN FINDSEN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Sculptor Ted Gantz is collaborating with painter Marlene Steele on the Taft Museum of Art pig.
(Gary Landers photo)
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One pig down, 299 to go. It's the first of the fiberglass pigs designed by area artists that will hit the streets during the Big Pig Gig.
The public art project will kick off at the Flying Pig Marathon on May 14. The pigs will be displayed through October in downtown Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. Exact locations have not been determined.
Pig buyers will choose their designs tonight on a first come, first served basis at a private “sow-lon” at the Pendleton Art Center. A public viewing is planned for Feb. 16.
The event is modeled after public art projects featuring cows in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1998 and Chicago in '99. It benefits ArtWorks, an arts-based employment and job training program for Greater Cincinnati teens, and other arts groups.
The first of the Big Pig litter was designed by sculptor Ted Gantz and painter Marlene Steele and commissioned by the Taft Museum of Art.
“He is based on a porcelain figure of a boy riding a mythical animal in the Taft collection,” says Mr. Gantz. The figure was sculpted in clay, and will be cast in fiberglass like the pig he rides.
“He's holding a box shaped like the Taft, filled with treasures in the collection,” Mr. Gantz says.
“The figure will be wearing a red robe, and the pig will be painted with blue and white floral patterns like the Chinese ceramics at the Taft,” Ms. Steele says.
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