Nude Britney Spears Pro-Life Monument: Love It or Hate It?

[norml]

Poll question: Nude Britney Spears Pro-Life Monument: Love It or Hate It?

Thursday, March 23, 2006
Nude Britney Spears Serves As Pro-Life Monument







A naked Britney Spears giving birth to her son could be the new rallying point for the pro-life movement. What? Yes, a sculptor has created a Britney shrine for all to worship.

"A nude Britney Spears on a bearskin rug while giving birth to her firstborn marks a "first" for Pro-Life. Pop-star Britney Spears is the "ideal" model for Pro-Life and the subject of a dedication at Capla Kesting Fine Art in Brooklyn's Williamsburg gallery district, in what is proclaimed the first Pro-Life monument to birth, in April.

Dedication of the life-sized statue celebrates the recent birth of Spears' baby boy, Sean, and applauds her decision of placing family before career. "A superstar at Britney’s young age having a child is rare in today’s celebrity culture. This dedication honors Britney for the rarity of her choice and bravery of her decision," said gallery co-director, Lincoln Capla. The dedication includes materials provided by Manhattan Right To Life Committee.

"Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston," believed Pro-Life's first monument to the "act of giving birth," is purportedly an idealized depiction of Britney in delivery. Natural aspects of Spears’ pregnancy, like lactiferous breasts and protruding naval, compliment a posterior view that depicts widened hips for birthing and reveals the crowning of baby Sean’s head.


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http://www.earvolution.com/2006/03/nude-britney-spears-serves-as-pro-life.asp

[Hissyspit]

1. As it is intended as kitschy irony, I love it.

In the tradition of Jeff Koons and his Michael Jackson and Bubbles The Chimp sculpture:

[Hissyspit]

4. From the sculptor who sculpted Ted Williams cryogenically frozen head:

Controversial Sculptor Daniel Edwards Featured on Send2Press Podcast
Edited by Carly Zander
Mon, 31 Oct 2005, 17:59:00 GMT

TORRANCE, CA (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Sculptor Daniel Edwards, who recently held a controversial exhibition at New York's First Street Gallery, that made the front page of the NY Times arts section, and raised the eyebrows of sports fans because of Ted Williams' "Death Mask" is the featured guest on the latest Send2Press entertainment Podcast. The Podcast is hosted by PRSA and ASCAP member Christopher Simmons.

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Edwards gallery show, which ran during September 2005, was called "The Ted Williams Memorial Display with Death Mask, from The Ben Affleck 2004 World Series Collection." The main element of the exhibit was Edwards' sculpture of a "death mask" of baseball great Ted Williams, depicting Williams as he now exists -- in a cryonic slumber.

Williams' actual head is stored in a metal container filled with liquid nitrogen in Scottsdale, Arizona's Alcor Life Extension Foundation, which claims to be the most advanced cryonics service in the world. Edwards gained some notoriety for the exhibit because some mistakenly believed the death mask was a casting from the actual frozen head of Ted Williams.

Dan is a classically trained sculptor from New York's Graduate School of the Figurative Arts, and his notable public sculpture work includes The Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy Memorial in Indianapolis, of which groundbreaking ceremonies were performed by President Clinton and Senator Ted Kennedy. He also has works in the permanent collections of the National Art Museum of Sport in Indianapolis, the Las Vegas art museum, and the Indiana statehouse.

[norml]

8. Ooh! I like that too!

I'll have to use it sometime for a Dubya joke.

[DinahMoeHum]

31. Agreed, it's a prime example of the "Nazi kitsch" art type.

:evilgrin:

[pitohui]

33. oh god jeff koons

haven't thought abt him in years

there is a whole world of tacky out there, i guess it just has to hit your funny bone right

[FunkyLeprechaun]

2. Um...

Ok.. how do people give birth like that?

And Britney's figure has gone to pot... I better get into shape before she does!

[XemaSab]

5. That picture on the bottom makes me fel good about myself:

I have the figure of Britney Spears!

:woohoo:

[norml]

13. She, and I'm sure you have fine figures, if only she weren't a chain smokin

Dubya supportin ninny, she might be almost as attractive as you, XemaSab.

[petronius]

3. On first reading, I didn't catch that it is life-sized

This is wrong in more ways than I can count...

[NMMNG]

6. That is no "pro-life/birthing" posture

It is the classic "do me doggy-style" posture". True to form, Spears is all about flaunting her body rather than promoting anything else. :eyes:













*Posting under the influence. Grammar, spelling, etc. may be affected.

[Aristus]

9. That's okay, Buffy.

Have another one for me. B-) :9 :beer::toast::beer: :9

[NMMNG]

12. No problemo

*Has several swigs for Aristus*

Yum!

[underpants]

16. I was going to ask --Did she give birth on all fours?

:eyes:

[LynneSin]

18. She gave birth via a planned Caeserean Section

She didn't want to have to deal with the pain

[msatty99]

7. Oh this is good.

I can only hope and pray the right to lifers glom on to this.
There is a really good chance of it too, as they often lack
a sense of humor or irony... how delicious!!!

[Robeson]

10. That statue is sexier....

...than she really is.

[sakabatou]

11. Just say no to (butt) crack

[wildhorses]

14. looks to me like she is more interested in doing the bear

than in giving birth to her baby...

[liontamer]

15. does anybody know if britney consented to this?

It seems like a few wackos decided to fixate on her. I don't think she agreed to this nonsense

[supernova]

17. I asked the same in the LBN thread

If she didn't, can't she sue the "artist" for using her image without her consent?

[pitohui]

34. no and no from my read of it

no do you think ted williams gave consent to have his cut-off head sculpted?

she is a public figure, and he as an artist has a right to use it apparently as long as it isn't "commercial"

god knows it isn't "commercial," you won't sell many subscriptions to our hospital's exclusive "birthing rooms" with that horror!

[hedgehog]

19. I have no idea if it actually resembles Britney Spears but

it serves as a dual purpose statue Pro life and Abstinence!

I can't imagine a bigger turn-off for guys or girls. It weirds me out!

[maveric]

20. File this one under "Fucking Stupid"!

Really fucking stupid, IMHO!

[Hissyspit]

24. No, it's brilliant.

[graywarrior]

21. Skank

[TallahasseeGrannie]

22. I'd have to see the business end to really

weigh in.

Nah, I don't. It is really, truly awful.

[Initech]

23. Excuse me while I go...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Hissyspit]

25. Why are you voting this brilliant artwork down, folks!? It's hilarious:

Here's what LeftHandler said in another thread:

"It lays 'bear' the hypocricy of amkerican consumer society in one swift motion, television, pop, culture, the culture of life are all laid to waste by this brave and fucking beautiful work of art."

Don't you recognize pregnancy porn when you see it? The sculpter has admitted one of his inspirations is P.T. Barnum. He is mocking "Pro-Life" stances. He is mocking ridiculously idealized monumental sculpture - which authoritarian/totalitarian-supporting sheeple just love. He is mocking pop culture and the contradiction of our idols and our supposed highest values.

It's hilarious and it's brilliant.

It's FUCKING Britney Spears, for god's sake - he's laughing all the way to the art history books at the expense of the humor-impaired right wing!

[SKKY]

26. I didn't know women could give birth like that. That's kinda hot.

[kwassa]

27. What does a live birth have to do with a dead bear?

Was the bear sacrificed for her child?

[RedCloud]

28. I recommend that position for those who want to conceive a boy!

Plus one month of abstinence to build up the male sperm count.
It must only be done during ovulation and
after the Big O has been achieved, "hers", that is.

Odds are about 19 to 1 for a boy.

[JitterbugPerfume]

29. it is ugly

she looks like a spider

[jukes]

30. i will not be able to

copulate for weeks, now.

it's handjobs only, till i scrub that horrible image from my mind.

[pitohui]

32. that is just plain mean

she prob. is pro-life considering where she came from but that is just plain mean, you can have a baby and give birth and not want the whole fuckin world to see a fuckin statue of your nude body dropping the fuckin baby

oh well i guess it's the price of fame, i just hope after all this crap she keeps her money and her trashy boy toy doesn't spend it all