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| MissMaceo |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 13:24:53
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Daniel Edwards
Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston
Show Dates - April 7 through April 23
Opening night reception with the artist: Friday, April 7th 6-9pm
Capla Kesting Fine Art is located at:
121 Roebling St, 7-8 - Brooklyn, NY 11211
phone: 917-650-3760
Bedford Ave L Train at the corner of North 5th and Roebling.
gallery hours are 1:00- 6:00 pm Thursday - Sunday or by appointment.
DEDICATION HONORS NUDE BRITNEY SPEARS GIVING BIRTH
Pop-Star’s Pregnancy Idealized In Brooklyn ‘Monument to Pro-Life’
BROOKLYN (March 22, 2006) --- 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.
The monument also acknowledges the pop-diva’s pin-up past by showing Spears seductively posed on all fours atop a bearskin rug with back arched, pelvis thrust upward, as she clutches the bear’s ears with ‘water-retentive’ hands.
“Britney provides inspiration for those struggling with the ‘right choice’,” said artist Daniel Edwards, recipient of a 2005 Bartlebooth award from London’s The Art Newspaper. “She was number one with Google last year, with good reason --- people are inspired by the beauty of a pregnant woman,” said Edwards.
Capla Kesting denies the statue was developed from a rumored bootleg Britney Spears birth video. The artist admits to using references that include the wax figure of a pole-dancing Britney at Las Vegas’ Madame Tussauds and ‘Britney wigs’ characterizing various hairstyles of the pop-princess from a Los Angeles hairstylist. And according to gallery co-director, David Kesting, the artist studied a bearskin rug from Canada “to convey the commemoration of the traditional bearskin rug baby picture.”
An appropriate location for permanent installation of “Monument to Pro-Life” by Mother’s Day is being sought by the gallery.
“Monument to Pro-Life” is on view April 7th thru 23rd with a reception for the dedication April 7th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Capla Kesting Fine Art, 121 Roebling St., Brooklyn, NY. Gallery hours are 1:00 – 6:00 pm Thursday thru Sunday, or by appointment. The gallery can be reached at www.caplakesting.com or by phone at 646-932-5687.
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| danjersey |
Posted - 04/30/2006 : 21:09:52
i wish us babies luck. |
| kfs |
Posted - 04/29/2006 : 02:00:14
I haven't seen anyone else mention here that....
BRITNEY SPEARS IS PREGNANT AGAIN!
Baby Sean would be right around 12 months when Baby 2 is born.
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| danjersey |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 21:07:49
i gotta plead the Frnk on this one
"Well maybe i'm seeing, well baby that's art" |
| soundofataris |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 19:31:54
apparently the other side shows the crowning baby's head. Uck.
Does anyone else feel there is a level of satire operating her that's not immediately obvious? Maybe the artist has his tongue very firmly in cheek.
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| speedy_m |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 16:13:28
Does anyone watch Grey's Anatomy? That is completely the blonde girl.
and you are ill prepared to fight
living in a world of soft and white
in air conditioned battle zones
I pity you!
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 15:12:56
No, I'm with you. Birth to bears!
 "If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| Doog |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 15:06:43
I'm obviously alone in my opinion.
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| Doog |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 03:26:25
*que thousands of pictures posted online with people sticking their heads into Britney's poony*
It'd be far more awesome if she was giving birth to the bear's head. Or if she HAD the bear's head, and was giving birth to the head of Britney. THAT, my friends, would be something to shout about.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 03:24:01
Britney Spears nude birth sculpture causes storm
Pro-choice and anti-abortionists both get steamed up
A nude sculpture depicting 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, reports the BBC.
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."
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Carl |
Posted - 03/25/2006 : 16:55:26
Here's Phil Lynott's memorial statue. I dosen't really look like him, but it's a closer likeness than the Britney statue is to Britney!
 pas de dutchie! |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/25/2006 : 13:33:43
So, was there even any DOUBT that Britney would have the baby once she got pregnant? I mean, I'd say that Britney giving birth is slightly less newsworthy and statue-worthy than dog-bites-man.
Incidentally, what was the source for this story? I'd like to link it, if at all possible.
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 03/25/2006 : 11:28:38
it's a bear..
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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 03/25/2006 : 10:46:52
that was so nasty I couldn't read the whole thing.
I also heard that monument was for her being the queen of ignorance and trailer trash too.
Ok what's up with the wolf head too? Those are endangered species, so she's also a poster child for killing endangered species. |
| MissMaceo |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 14:08:09
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Originally posted by kathryn
Making this whole thing even more bullshit is the fact that this was a C-section, not a vaginal delivery.
!!!!!
ugh that DOES make it so much worse....
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| Carl |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 12:23:54
Yeah. I mean, I never heard about her giving birth on an animal hide.
In fact, I think he should have called it Scarlett Johanson Doing Exercises On A Bearskin Rug.
pas de dutchie! |
| kathryn |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 11:36:27
An item headlined "I don' t want mah cooter to hurt yall" informs us that she had a scheduled c-section. I don't think bearskin rugs were involved.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 11:05:34
Probably some 'artist' did this up several years ago, couldn't find anyone to take it, and then thought, "Hey! This sorta looks like Britney Spears". They threw a bearskin rug on it as a final irony to the intended sellers, and sold it as a "pro-life" doodad of Britney giving birth celebrating the bla-bla-bla of ya-da-da.
Does anyone here know anyone delivering babies on all fours on bearskin rugs? I suspect this was done as what I affectionately call prego-bestial porn. She kinda looks like she's into the bear as opposed to shoving something out, wouldn't you say?
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| kathryn |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 10:02:48
Making this whole thing even more bullshit is the fact that this was a C-section, not a vaginal delivery.
I’m the only one who can say that this light is mine
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| fbc |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 09:47:08
anyone got any shots from different angles? i wanna see little sean's head. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 09:36:12
I'm anti-life.
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| MissMaceo |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 09:28:31
quote:
Originally posted by Little Black Francis
No, It is awesome, I don't care what you say.
If you post an article like that, you have to say something about it, not just post it and expect people to give a fuck. Rewarded? I'm not sure if this is an award or a mockery, probably the latter. It is rather ironic, her pro-life, she's maybe the one person who should have had an abortion. ha
George Patton once said "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."
you gotta read the article, it is indeed a reward! a pro-life monument, it is.
it gives me much entertainment, though. hope the happy recipients of the 'permanent location' feel the same way haha
This species has amused itself to death. |
| vilainde |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 08:56:46
I wanna see the picture this was modeled from
Denis
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 08:55:43
i wanna see the other end
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 05:32:45
It looks fook all like Britney.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Carl |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 00:21:07
Looks more like Scarlett Johanson.
pas de dutchie! |
| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 20:54:17
No, It is awesome, I don't care what you say.
If you post an article like that, you have to say something about it, not just post it and expect people to give a fuck. Rewarded? I'm not sure if this is an award or a mockery, probably the latter. It is rather ironic, her pro-life, she's maybe the one person who should have had an abortion. ha
George Patton once said "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow." |
| MissMaceo |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 15:52:34
heh
tough crowd.
it's not awesome, it's hilarious, and disgusting.
that she is getting rewarded in that manner for getting knocked up is absurd. and the notion of a memorial in which the crowning of a baby's head is visible through the statued vaginal lips of a pop star is ridiculous.
This species has amused itself to death. |
| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 13:40:11
that's so awesome, thanks for letting us know
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