Pigasso: The little oinks making a splash in the art world
With modern art fetching such astronomical prices these days, you can't blame a guy for trying to cash in.
(Click "More >>" to read rest of the article)Staff at pennywell Farm in buckfastleigh, Devon, have taken a novel approach to fundraising as they turn their pigs into painters.
Their miniature pigs have been creating works of modern art which Sell for up to &#y'e;y' each and have so far raised more than &#y'e;yshch0 for the Farm Crisis Network charity.
Farm owner Chris Murray feels the work of their enthusiastic piglets ' snouts and trotters could stand alongside notable works of "messy" art such as that by world-reknowned Jackson Pollock.
He said: "The pigs tended to go more for pointilism - they weren't too keen on cubism. We think of them as our little Pigassos."
Trotters Independent Painters Began Their Career By Accident When The Piglets Broke Loose At a craft Fair At their Home, and began investigating tins of non-toxic paint with their snouts and trotters.
via: dailymail.co.uk
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