12/20/2002: Painting pig

Undertoad · 12-20-2002, 12:39 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, your Friday image. I have no further information on it. I don't know where it happened, or the name of the pig, or if he continues to paint or if he donates his works to charity or if they have a cleanup crew on call.

And yet it is strangely compelling.

Hunh.

perth · 12-20-2002, 12:48 PM

i like the kid in the black hat sitting just above the pigs ass. he looks like hes having a great time.

~james

arz · 12-20-2002, 01:32 PM

This pig's clearly not a serious artist, because he doesn't have his own website, unlike the "Painting Elephants of Thailand."

http://www.elephantart.com/view.asp?page=artgallery

wolf · 12-20-2002, 01:34 PM

IMHO, the lack of a commericial website makes the pig a more serious artist.

arz · 12-20-2002, 01:36 PM

Yes, you're right. Perhaps the word "serious" should have been put in quote marks in my original post...

Griff · 12-20-2002, 06:52 PM

No beret no latte no arte.

Undertoad · 12-20-2002, 10:48 PM

The pig's name is Smithfield

Smithfield the pig demonstrates his artistic talent for an audience at the LaPrade branch library in a file photo from July 31, 2002, in Richmond, Va. The program 'Pet Star' has invited Smithfield to Los Angeles. The Vietnamese potbelly and his 'mom,' Fran Martin, will appear on the program's premiere, Jan. 10 or the following week. (AP Photo/The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Lindy Keast Rodman, File)

Smithfield, Virginia is the home of Smithfield Meats the largest producers of hogs in America.

About Smithfield

For more than two centuries, the colonial town of Smithfield, Virginia, founded in 1752, has been shipping the finest hams to satisfied customers around the world. Today, thanks to the vision of a Virginia family and its patriarch, Joseph Luter, that tradition not only continues but has grown into something of a legend.

In 1936 Joseph W. Luter & Joseph W. Luter, Jr. founded the Smithfield Packing Company along a tributary of the historic James River. Over sixty years later, the “Genuine Smithfield Ham” that brought them worldwide acclaim is still produced only here in Smithfield. And thanks to a new generation of Luters, Joseph III and Joseph IV, Smithfield boasts a line of quality meats so vast, it’s helped make the parent company, Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD), the world’s largest producer of pork products.

http://www.smithfield.com/help/faq.html

Smithfield the painting pig has been on Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks as well as Live with Regis and Kelly.

http://www.pilotonline.com/breaking/br1212pig.html

oink.

Hubris Boy · 12-21-2002, 04:44 AM

Ogg think this nice, but...

Ogg want to know... is he funded? Has he received a grant or a fellowship from a major endowment? How are we supposed to take him seriously if he isn't funded? Won't the purity of his artistic vision be skewed if he's forced to soil himself by grubbing around in the marketplace?

Ogg want to know.

That Guy · 12-21-2002, 07:44 AM

That's nice and all, but can he paint on sheep?
I'd hate to be a pig. Life must be a boar.

Nothing But Net · 12-21-2002, 07:54 AM

Oh please Ogg, any government art funding is just pork barrel spending :p

xoxoxoBruce · 12-21-2002, 09:20 AM

Was he the star of "The Days Of Swine And Poses".

Jacque Strapp · 12-23-2002, 08:55 AM

I have a Smithfield original above my fireplace, it's quite compelling. The snout-marks convey the contemporary hog's plight very effectively.

12-20-2002, 12:39 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/20/2002: Painting pig Ladies and gentlemen, your Friday image. I have no further information on it. I don't know where it happened, or the name of the pig, or if he continues to paint or if he donates his works to charity or if they have a cleanup crew on call. And yet it is strangely compelling. Hunh.

12-20-2002, 01:34 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	IMHO, the lack of a commericial website makes the pig a more serious artist. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-20-2002, 06:52 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	No beret no latte no arte. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-20-2002, 10:48 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	An anonymous lurker sends us the details: The pig's name is Smithfield Smithfield the pig demonstrates his artistic talent for an audience at the LaPrade branch library in a file photo from July 31, 2002, in Richmond, Va. The program 'Pet Star' has invited Smithfield to Los Angeles. The Vietnamese potbelly and his 'mom,' Fran Martin, will appear on the program's premiere, Jan. 10 or the following week. (AP Photo/The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Lindy Keast Rodman, File) Smithfield, Virginia is the home of Smithfield Meats the largest producers of hogs in America. About Smithfield For more than two centuries, the colonial town of Smithfield, Virginia, founded in 1752, has been shipping the finest hams to satisfied customers around the world. Today, thanks to the vision of a Virginia family and its patriarch, Joseph Luter, that tradition not only continues but has grown into something of a legend. In 1936 Joseph W. Luter & Joseph W. Luter, Jr. founded the Smithfield Packing Company along a tributary of the historic James River. Over sixty years later, the “Genuine Smithfield Ham” that brought them worldwide acclaim is still produced only here in Smithfield. And thanks to a new generation of Luters, Joseph III and Joseph IV, Smithfield boasts a line of quality meats so vast, it’s helped make the parent company, Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD), the world’s largest producer of pork products. http://www.smithfield.com/help/faq.html Smithfield the painting pig has been on Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks as well as Live with Regis and Kelly. http://www.pilotonline.com/breaking/br1212pig.html oink.

12-23-2002, 08:55 AM	#12
Jacque Strapp Romantic Necromancer Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 29	I have a Smithfield original above my fireplace, it's quite compelling. The snout-marks convey the contemporary hog's plight very effectively. __________________ \|End of Line\|

12-20-2002, 12:48 PM	#2
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	i like the kid in the black hat sitting just above the pigs ass. he looks like hes having a great time. ~james

12-20-2002, 01:32 PM	#3
arz Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 137	This pig's clearly not a serious artist, because he doesn't have his own website, unlike the "Painting Elephants of Thailand." http://www.elephantart.com/view.asp?page=artgallery

12-20-2002, 01:36 PM	#5
arz Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 137	Yes, you're right. Perhaps the word "serious" should have been put in quote marks in my original post...

12-21-2002, 04:44 AM	#8
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	Ogg think this nice, but... Ogg want to know... is he funded? Has he received a grant or a fellowship from a major endowment? How are we supposed to take him seriously if he isn't funded? Won't the purity of his artistic vision be skewed if he's forced to soil himself by grubbing around in the marketplace? Ogg want to know.

12-21-2002, 07:44 AM	#9
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	That's nice and all, but can he paint on sheep? I'd hate to be a pig. Life must be a boar.

12-21-2002, 07:54 AM	#10
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Oh please Ogg, any government art funding is just pork barrel spending :p

12-21-2002, 09:20 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Was he the star of "The Days Of Swine And Poses".

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