Dean Snyder, assistant professor and head of RISD’s Sculpture Department, was commissioned by the 2008 Olympic Committee to create an enlarged (2 m. diameter) version of his 2001 rawhide sculpture Boogle for exhibition in conjunction with the summer Olympics in Beijing. One of 130 works in the Beijing International City Sculpture Exhibition Beijing Olympic Art Dream, the carved marble piece is sited in the new Beijing Olympic Aquatic Center and is intended for permanent installation.