Britney Spears Naked Statue Controversy
Britney Spears Naked Statue Controversy
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#0Britney Spears Naked Statue Controversy
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:13pm
"Britney Spears will soon be giving birth again — in Brooklyn, as a sexy sculpture that has drawn thousands of hate e-mails.
"This is a new take on pro-life. Pro-lifers normally promote bloody images of abortion. This is the image of birth," Daniel Edwards said of his work, to be unveiled at a Brooklyn gallery in April, months after Edwards' sculpture of Ted Williams severed head stirred up an artistic storm.
The life-size pop princess is naked and pregnant, crouching face-down on a bare-toothed bear rug as the baby's head appears on the opposite end.
On Tuesday at his studio in Moosup, Conn., Edwards was pouring a mold to cast the sculpture in resin. It'll be transported to the Capla Kesting Fine Art gallery in Brooklyn's artsy Williamsburg neighborhood, where Britney the artwork is to appear next to a display case filled with pro-life materials.
When some bloggers heard about the exhibit — "Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston" — the gallery was inundated with about 3,000 e-mails from around the world in just a week, split between pro-choice and pro-life opinions.
"We also got calls from Tokyo, England, France. Some people are upset that Britney is being used for this subject matter," said gallery co-owner David Kesting. "Others who are pro-life thought this was degrading to their movement. And some pro-choice people were upset that this is a pro-life monument."
The gallery is hiring extra security guards for the free exhibit opening April 7 and running two weeks."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060328/ap_on_en_mu/britney_art_brouhaha_4
#1re: Britney Spears Naked Statue Controversy
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:19pmThere are already two other threads about this.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: Britney Spears Naked Statue Controversy
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:23pmSorry.
MatthewAddison
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/04
#3re: Britney Spears Naked Statue Controversy
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:25pm
Well, this is the thread I chose to read.
Thanks, Margo. Very interesting...
#4re: Britney Spears Naked Statue Controversy
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:29pmNo need to be sorry...I actually find it interesting that it's generating so much buzz.
#5re: Britney Spears Naked Statue Controversy
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:30pmIf it were true to life she'd have a Venti Frappucino in one hand and a bag of Cheetos in the other. Talk about artistic license.
#6britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:35pm
omg, margo! you, like, so totally don't know how to use the search function. shah.
i want to kiss the baby's head.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#7britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:36pm
If I were Brit - I would be pissed. Did you see the hips on that thing?! 
#8britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:41pmHave you seen the hips on the REAL thing? :O
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#9britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:42pmLol - Yes, actually I have. Touche!
#10britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:42pmi want to nuzzle the baby's forehead.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:46pmShe must be a Scientologist, she's not screaming.
#12britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:50pmi want to lick the afterbirth from sean's eyes.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#13britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:54pmUm, that statue sounds really creepy.
#14britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 5:58pmit's just a matter of time until they arrest someone trying to do the britney statue.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#15britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 6:03pmPapa, me thinks you have been very racy on this thread.
#16britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 6:06pmi just want to be close to brit-nay, uh-kay?
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#17britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 6:10pm::Joins insane fan behavior while wearing a shirt featuring all of Papa's statements in this thread::
#18britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 9:21pmPapa, I understand the baby's head is crowning in the sculpture. Just go around back, bend over, and kiss! I'll give you $25 if you'll do it.
Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#20britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 9:31pm
Actually, I would think that any likeness of Britney giving birth would make a good argument in favor of abortion.
#21britney spears naked crowning glory
Posted: 3/28/06 at 9:34pm
"Actually, I would think that any likeness of Britney giving birth would make a good argument in favor of abortion".
That's the artist's point. His work is making fun of pro-lifers.
Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
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