Pigs
Pigs are physiologically similar to humans and within popular culture are representational of authority figures; police, politicians, warmongers, and corporate elites. In this sense the pig, in my opinion, embodies all those that relish their authority and flaunt it in the face of the common man. Anamorphic reinterpretation of the pig is a common device within art. By giving them human attributes, say the use of weapons or semiotically through titles, the transformation from pig to authority figure becomes more concrete. The use of pigs in my artistic vocabulary lends itself to my ideas on totalitarian governments and assembly line mass production.
Three Little War Pigs
2008
9"h x 12"w x 10"d each
cast aluminum, cast bronze, and extruded aluminum rod
A Brief History of Bacon
2009
32"h x 30"w x 2"d
cast iron, urethane rubber, and steel tubing
Cyrus Ching Never Expected There Would Be Guns Involved
2009
6"h x 9"w x 9"d each
slipcast porcelain and cast aluminum
Confessions of a Corporate Wage Slave
2010
88"h x 53"w x 120"d
cast aluminum, cast bronze, urethane rubber, and steel tubing
Wear is the Art
2010
Wearable art fashion show at the Herron School of Art and Design
video by Dominic Sansone
all photos courtesy of Michelle Pemberton
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