Too disturbing for the Market? Lemme tell ya, this whole Pigs on Parade thing has gotten out of hand.
You know the concept: local artists create fiberglass scultpures based on Ur-piggy Rachel, eventually sold to raise money for the Pike Place Market Foundation. One such sculptor is Colin Reedy, an Oregon furniture designer whose previous contributions include a couple of ride-em "Pork Choppers." This particular creation, titled "Prosciutto and Melon Pig," ought to be positioned at a deli counter like DeLaurenti, not on the sidewalk in Belltown next to, gulp, the pork-free Tandoori Hut.
Where will it lead, all this "On Parade" stuff? Cows in Chicago, Cows in Zurich, "Sound of Moosic" cows in Salzburg, Vach'Art in Paris, nutcrackers and ponies in downtown Seattle, more piggies in Cincinnati, ducks in Eugene, salmon in Salem, hearts in San Francisco, donkeys and elephants in Washington, DC, bulls in Torino, Italy, lions in Lyon, lions in Venice. Whales on Parade to raise money for ocean research? Rats on Parade for urban sanitation?
Posted by Ronald Holden at June 4, 2007 2:18 AMI was a "pig puller" at the Pigs on Parade and when I saw this pig, I was a little shocked. Mind you I love my pork, but it kind of disturbed me. Not only that, it is in front of my Condo building. It did do one thing though... made me crave some prosciutto. SO I went right to the market and bought me some. Sorry Tandoori Hut!!!
Posted by: Katie at June 4, 2007 12:16 PM