Award Winning Brooklyn Sculptor creates a very large bottle of Heinz Ketchup out of stone at Marble/marble this past summer

Award-Winning Brooklyn Sculptor to Create
a very large bottle of Heinz® Ketchup out of Red Travertine at
Sculpting Camp in Marble, CO this Summer
JULY 13 – AUGUST 5, 2007



Award Winning Brooklyn Sculptor creates a very large bottle of Heinz Ketchup out of stone at Marble/marble this summer Award-Winning Brooklyn Sculptor to Creates a very large Bottle of Heinz® Ketchup out of Red Travertine at Sculpting Camp in Marble, CO this SummerJULY 13 – AUGUST 5, 2007Brooklyn, NY – Award winning sculptor Robin Antar, known for her realism in stone, will carve out a very large bottle of Heinz® Ketchup this summer at the MARBLE/marble Symposium, in Marble, Co. for the Marble Institute of Colorado, July 13 – August 5th. When it’s completed, the sculpture will be placed in the corporate headquarters of Heinz in Pittsburgh, PA. for a limited amount of time. Ms. Antar, who was recently named in the Best of American Sculptors 2007, is known for her icons of American culture, often described as trompe l'oeil. Her works include a Skechers’ logger boot, a pair of Diesel jeans, a bag of Milano cookies, a bottle of Chateau Haut-Brion, and an 800 lb. bag of M & M’s, & much more.Antar replicates meticulously to scale these objects in carved stone so realistically, that one has trouble distinguishing her sculptures from the real thing.Once Antar completes the Heinz® Ketchup bottle sculpture, she will shoot a commercial about the experience and submit it to the Heinz® Ketchup “Top This” TV Contest, which challenges consumers to create the next great Heinz® Ketchup TV Commercial, a competition that was launched by the company earlier this year.Each year the Marble Institute of Colorado (http://www.marbleinst.org/) offers marble sculpting sessions to sculptors who wish to create in a non-competitive atmosphere of sharing and camaraderie. The marble worksite sits amongst stands of aspen, pine and tall Douglas firs along the Crystal River of Marble, CO.Robin Antar’s works have appeared in exhibitions at museums, galleries, corporate offices and universities, ranging from the City Museum in St. Louis, to the Nabisco Corporation Gallery, to New York University. She recently appeared on HGTV’s That’s Clever, where she transformed a block of stone into a life-like boot. She sells her original pieces for upwards of $25,000.Several of Antar’s works are currently featured in a new exhibition, ‘Made in the USA,’ on view at the Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center in Pearl River, NY, JUNE 12-NOV 30, 2007.Additionally, an online exhibition features her work at: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/, JUNE, 2007 - May 31, 2008.For additional information, visit her website at http://www.rantar.com/. (Interviews, photos & demos available by contacting Vicki Garfinkel vickig@eclipse.net# # #