Pigs, hogs; or in Malay, babi or khinzir… call it what you will, but the animal, for all its popularity as a food staple to many except Muslims, does get pretty bad Press. Yet, in the nomenclature of vices, taboos and things ‘haram’ (illegal), how do pigs rate against say supposedly more pernicious things such as rape, murder, adultery, corruption, gambling, alcohol and theft. The artist, Hirzaq Harris, revealed that the work was done during his NAFA art residency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 2012. Hirzaq Harris is a two-time winner of the Grand Prize 2D (Hanging) in the Nando’s art competition in 2009 and 2010, and 1st Prize in the 2013 Johor Open. He was 1st runner-up in the Visual Art Pitch 3 competition at Ken Gallery in 2018, and Maybank Expression of Malaysian Tiger in 2010. He also won the Consolation Prize in the 2017 Penang Open. He was featured in the Kuala Lumpur Biennale in 2017. He held his first solo, Mission, at Galeri Chandan in 2014. He also took part in the Gwangju Art Fair in South Korea in 2015. He graduated from the Universiti ITM with a BFA, majoring in Sculpture.