[1] Creation Myth, a public sculpture series created in 2012, spans the rightmost block outside of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery.

[7] Selected from a group of fifty artists to create a piece for the MAG's sculpture garden,[8] Tom Otterness conceptualized the sculpture series Creation Myth as a parody of the Pygmalion myth.

[9] Though the initial story tells of a man who carves a woman out of ivory and brings her to life with a kiss, Otterness' recreation challenges the idea of those gender roles by implying that the sculptor is the woman through the use of the basic shapes society associates with the binary genders.

[10][11] Otterness further exemplifies this female-empowering series by alluding to Rochester native, Susan B. Anthony, and her contributions to the anti-slavery and suffragette movement.

[2] This act not only incited an investigation into Otterness by the Animal Protection Institute, but also protests against his installations.