Blog: Conrad the #deadraccoon memorialized in butter at the CNE
Posted September 4, 2015 2:07 pm.
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One of the best and most underrated events at the CNE – Toronto’s end-of-the-summer exhibition – has got to be the butter sculptures.
Each year the CNE invites local artists to huddle in a giant fridge with windows on one side that allows visitors at the Better Living Centre see the masterpieces as they’re being created.
In years past, artists have sculpted everything from Darth Vader and Yoda to a larger-than-life Rob Ford – which is hard to imagine unless you’ve seen it yourself.
Who knew you could create such uniquely original things out of butter?
This year’s theme, celebrities, certainly opened the door for another Ford-like viral creation.
And while the artists certainly didn’t disappoint, the real scene-stealer had to be one artists’ homage to Conrad, the celebrated dead raccoon whose memorial went viral back in July.
How soon we forget how the little guy stole our hearts as he laid for 14 hours at Yonge and Church way back when the summer was still young.
Is it a fitting tribute to the summer of 2015 in Toronto, or can you think of a better symbol?
