Monday, September 11, 2000
Pig Parade: Pig in a Poke
This 'poker' is pretty in pink
By Owen Findsen
The Cincinnati Enquirer
This is 135th in a series spotlighting pigs from the Big Pig Gig Public Art Project taking place in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. Find past pig profiles and event details at Cincinnati.com/bigpiggig
Down South, where Vernon Rader comes from, a poke is a paper bag. The sponsor of this pig is a paper bag company, so what pig could be more appropriate?
Artist: Vernon Rader, 76, Liberty Hill, a retired art director for Procter & Gamble. He also did Swine and Roses, in George Rogers Clark Park in Covington, and Hog Tide, on Fountain Square.
Sponsor: The Duro Bag Mfg. Co.
This pig's pen: Second Street, Covington, at RiverCenter.
You were inspired by: The sponsor's product.
What's the matter? The poke is a thin wood panel, with a support structure inside. We had the pig prepared and painted at Maaco, and Mark Burkhardt built the box.
Your high on the hog was: Since we used Maaco. we had to use a standard automobile color. We picked Mary Kay Cadillac Pink, which turns out to look more like a true pig color than most other pigs.
Pig peeve: Somebody broke the nose off, so I have to go back and fix that, and there is some more work I want to do to make the poke look more like a poke.
Best pig tale: I stopped by the Hogspital to ask questions about repairing my pig. There were two people there who told me they had seen all my pigs. They were from Appleton, Wis., and they took their vacation in Cincinnati to see all the pigs.
My favorite pork dish: Teriyaki pork loin.
What artistic movement most affected the outcome of this pig? Collaborative art.
What do you call this pig: Mary Kay.
The materials cost: $300.
Do you consider this art or porkography? Not particularly art.
If your pig starred in a movie, who would you cast to play the role? Julia Roberts. We'd like to get $20 million for doing the movie.
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