Saturday, July 01, 2000

Pig Parade/sHOGun

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Pun pays homage to Japanese warriors

By Owen Findsen
The Cincinnati Enquirer

        This is 63rd in a series spotlighting pigs from the Big Pig Gig Public Art Project taking place in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. Find past pig profiles at cincinnati.com.

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        Artist: Cole Carothers, 50, Milford. Mr. Carothers is also the creator of Piglit, at the Aronoff Center for the Arts.

        Sponsor: Klinedinst Family.

        This pig's pen: Westin Hotel Atrium.

        You were inspired by: With all the pig puns, I wanted to find something with the pun hidden in the middle of a word, so I picked sHOGun.

        You want people to look at this pig and think: I'm just pleased that the city is taking to the project and that so many people are coming downtown to look at art.

        Completing the project took: The two pigs took the month of May.

        Your high on the hog was: That Cincinnati chose to do pigs and not to copy Chicago's cows or do apples or something else that doesn't relate to the city.

        Pig peeve: I have the sword back in my studio to repair it. There are a lot of people who think of these pigs as public jungle gyms and somebody pulled it off.

        Best pig tale: The hair came from a mop.

        My favorite pork dish: Moo shu pork.

        What artistic movement most affected the outcome of this pig? Japanese woodcuts.

        If your pig starred in a movie, who would you cast to play the role? John Belushi.

       

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