Nobody thought to cover it up. If anybody touched the pig that day it would be like rubbing it with sandpaper. With the clear coat, it lost the lustre of gold. It looks like spray paint except in direct sunlight. The Gilded Age.
Gilding is an art.
Somebody with gold in their name, Goldstein, Goldberg. This is the 100th in the series spotlighting a pig from the Big Pig Gig Public Art Project in downtown Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.