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Pig Races Series
The Pig Races Series is a loose narrative built around a fictitious sporting event. The series incorporates scenes from the event, portraits of the jockeys, and medals and trophies. The racers run through gates and soar over jumps that derive from croquet and equestrian courses. As in real life, the action of the pigs is driven by the pursuit of the promised reward, the apple. The various allegorical hurdles represent challenges we all face. Sometimes there is a play between the concept of mathematical perfection and the vagaries of everyday life. Sometimes the compositions incorporate the golden section. Sometimes there is a diagram imposed over the image. These measured hi-jinks express the way things can be perfectly planned in the abstract, but are subject to change as they materialize, as unpredictable in their outcome as the results of a race.

All works © Mark DeMuro.
Pig Races II

1990
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 inches

Private Collection
Number Six at the Step-Over Gate

1999
Oil on wood
8 x 10 inches

Private Collection
At the Start Pig (Tricks)

1997
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches

Collection: Meier Inc.
Slow and Sometimes Moving Jumps

Oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches
The Prompter

2002
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Approaching the Monkey Gate

2002
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches

Private Collection
Right Away, Bettys Pig was Trouble

2002
Oil on canvas
30 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches
Venus Caught in a Merger

2003
Oil on canvas
11 x 14 inches
Going Over a Slow and Sometimes Moving Jump

1998
Oil on canvas
22 x 30 inches

Collection: Jane Holzer
Charlotte at the Monkey Gate

1997
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches

Collection: Peter Scannell
Passing the Baton

2002
Oil on canvas
22 x 30 inches
Pig Tricks

1997
Oil on paper
22 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches
Archimedes' Fulcrum Jump

2004
Oil on canvas
24 x 22 inches
George and the Dragon

1996
Acrylic and pencil on paper
50 x 38 inches

Private Collection: Oklahoma City, OK
Jockeys - The Fix

2001
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Jockey with a Plan

2002
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Duck Hat

1998
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches

Collection: Meisner
Balance Training

2002
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Jockey (Wink)

1999
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches

Private Collection: Kansas City, MO
Jockey (Apple)

1996
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Jockey (Mike)

1991
Oil on canvas
22 x 18 inches

Collection: Paul Olsen
Bronze Medal

2002
Bronze powder on cast resin, ribbon
15 x 11 inches (framed)
Silver Medal

2002
Silver leaf on cast resin, ribbon
15 x 12 inches (framed)
Gold Medal

2002
Gold leaf on cast resin, ribbon
15 x 12 inches (framed)
Best in Season

2002
Gilded cast apple on velvet and marble
6 x 10 x 10 inches
Contact: mark@markfineart.com www.airmattressgallery.nyc
Air Mattress Gallery 2350 Broadway #207 New York, NY 10024
Copyright © Mark Demuro.

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