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| Complaints over Britney sculpture |
| 2006-03-29 |
| A nude sculpture depicting singer Britney Spears giving birth to her son has prompted a flood of emails from both pro-choice and anti-abortionists. Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston will be unveiled at New York's Capla Kesting Art gallery in April. Gallery co-owner David Kesting said they had received 3,000 emails, some from "pro-life" supporters who thought it was degrading to their movement. He added that other people were "upset" the sculpture was a pro-life monument. The life-size work, by artist Daniel Edwards, features Spears crouched on all fours on a bear-skin rug as she gives birth. It will be displayed at the gallery alongside a display case filled with anti-abortion materials. Edwards said: "This is a new take on pro-life. Pro-lifers normally promote bloody images of abortion. This is the image of birth." The gallery is hiring extra security guards for the free exhibit, which opens on 7 April and runs for two weeks. The sculpture comes six months after 24-year-old Spears gave birth to her first child, Sean Preston, with husband Kevin Federline. Edwards said he has never spoken to or met the star, and that he fashioned her face and figure from photographs. "I admire her. This is an idealized figure," he said. "Everyone is coming at me with anger and venom, but I depicted her as she has depicted herself - seductively. Suddenly, she's a mom." A publicist for the singer was not available for comment. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 It looks better when viewed from the rear. |
| Posted by: Danking70 2006-03-29 23:11 |
| #6 Sadly, the only real art she's ever been involved with. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2006-03-29 22:20 |
| #5 They only show three sides of her. So we don't know how much is it really the birth of Sean Preston. I mean, are his ears showing? I think you really need to know this before you can pass judgement. On the other hand, from the other three sides, I think it's pretty cool. It definitely is pop art. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2006-03-29 21:03 |
| #4 Someone suggested, "I just keep thinking of how nasty that bearskin rug is going to be." And, as an afterthought, "And how some sick f*ck would sell it on ebay." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-03-29 20:40 |
| #3 Technically, a pretty good statue I thought. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2006-03-29 20:09 |
| #2 Thus proving that plenty of folks from both sides of the political spectrum have way too much time on their hands... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-03-29 19:13 |
| #1 Always such a problem when the nutbar fans have an artistic bent. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-03-29 19:07 |