Please someone tell me this is fake/spoof/I'm dreaming. posted by Sharktattoo at 9:16 AM on March 24, 2006
I don't buy it for a second. posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:17 AM on March 24, 2006
It's Pro-Life and Anti-Art. posted by JeffK at 9:17 AM on March 24, 2006
This is the greatest thing that has ever been done. posted by delmoi at 9:18 AM on March 24, 2006
I have been misinformed about how people give birth. posted by ORthey at 9:19 AM on March 24, 2006
Actually, it's quite good. posted by billysumday at 9:19 AM on March 24, 2006
Save the bears. posted by 327.ca at 9:20 AM on March 24, 2006
And the great thing is, this place is about ten minutes' walk from my apartment. I have to check this out! posted by Decani at 9:20 AM on March 24, 2006
Although the fact that none of the photos show the 'rear view'. posted by delmoi at 9:20 AM on March 24, 2006
Decani get some pics of the actual baby comming out. posted by delmoi at 9:20 AM on March 24, 2006
it starts when... April 7? If they let me take pics, I will. posted by Decani at 9:22 AM on March 24, 2006
Pro-Life? Dude, the bear is dead... then skinned for an ornamental rug... posted by Hanover Phist at 9:23 AM on March 24, 2006
Please tell me this is not happening. posted by keijo at 9:23 AM on March 24, 2006
second delmoi. I saw this on another site this morning, and was totally disappointed we don't get to see tater tot's emerging head!
My irony meter is ringing off the hook with this one-- Spears gave birth via planned C-section. She's not exactly one known for embracing naturalness. posted by mowglisambo at 9:24 AM on March 24, 2006
What is the significance of the Bear skin rug? Also, this does not show her giving birth. Also, she doesnt look like Brit at all. Looks like a younger Susan Sarandon to me. How does this advance Pro Life point of view. ? posted by adnanbwp at 9:25 AM on March 24, 2006
She does EVERYTHING doggy-style, doesn't she? posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:25 AM on March 24, 2006
Also, damned thing looks like a hotter version of Charlize Theron, not a whit like Britney. posted by mowglisambo at 9:25 AM on March 24, 2006
An appropriate location for permanent installation ... is being sought by the gallery.
That's pretty much the understatement of the century, isn't it. posted by XQUZYPHYR at 9:26 AM on March 24, 2006
This is so good I want to cry. They should get the guy who did Cicciolina to try his hand. posted by signal at 9:28 AM on March 24, 2006
Another irony worth noting, Spears is rumored to have recently aborted her second child.
Also also, it's news to me that giving birth is a Pro-Life act. posted by mowglisambo at 9:28 AM on March 24, 2006
And you're all wrong, it looks like a Super Hot Toni Colette. posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:28 AM on March 24, 2006
so you give birth to babies in the snoop doggy dog position now? awesome!
(Oh. The artist is a man.) posted by Sijeka at 9:28 AM on March 24, 2006
No one would give birth like that. I mean, how would you clean the rug? posted by oh pollo! at 9:29 AM on March 24, 2006
This has to be a hoax. My inner Occam is near apoplexia. posted by CRM114 at 9:29 AM on March 24, 2006
You know that scene in Aliens where Hudson's sweating and yelling all "this can't be happening man, this can't be happening..." Yeah. That. posted by Dormant Gorilla at 9:30 AM on March 24, 2006
What's that weird cylinder shooting out of her belly button? posted by SmileyChewtrain at 9:30 AM on March 24, 2006
I prefer the sculpture of Michael Jackson giving birth to the chimpanzee. posted by LeLiLo at 9:34 AM on March 24, 2006
Yeah, a friend forwarded this to me last night and I called BS on the 'pro life movement' angle. It certainly is a great publicity move, though. posted by verb at 9:36 AM on March 24, 2006
Two minutes googling reveals that this is indeed a spoof (though in the sense of pomo art parodying itself, rather than pranksters parodying pomo art. Fine line.) The bartlebooth award that the writeup proudly cites "honours current artists who devote themselves to truly unnecessary, painstaking activities which outside the 'contemporary art' world would get one locked in the loony bin." The artist's other work includes the cryonic head of Ted Williams. posted by ook at 9:37 AM on March 24, 2006
"The artist admits to using references that include the wax figure of a pole-dancing Britney at Las Vegas’ Madame Tussauds"
I tell ya, that Brit, she's all over the steriotypes, whore, virgin, mother... wonder if she'll ever accept being a crone.
Technally the sculpture looks ok, but yeah, the message is a bit absurd and muddled. posted by edgeways at 9:40 AM on March 24, 2006
Horray! Postmodern art has baffled the rubes in Peoria once again! Good work, old bean. posted by mowglisambo at 9:40 AM on March 24, 2006
ah well ook's got it. Everyone take a deep breath now.
Another irony worth noting, Spears is rumored to have recently aborted her second child.
Actually, spears is rumored to have personally aborted Jenna Bush's baby. I think you might have gotten your rumors mixed up. posted by delmoi at 9:45 AM on March 24, 2006
Better not go there if you're not the media! posted by pwb503 at 9:52 AM on March 24, 2006
Actually, spears is rumored to have personally aborted Jenna Bush's baby. I think you might have gotten your rumors mixed up.
Please, don't insult our intelligence. That myth was debunked on Gawker months ago. posted by mowglisambo at 9:55 AM on March 24, 2006
It looks like somebody added a belly to an otherwise not pregnant body - no layer of body fat & thin arms and thighs. The position doesn't look very effective for delivery, or even labor. WTF? posted by theora55 at 10:02 AM on March 24, 2006
It reminded me of the sculptures in My Life as a Dog. posted by chococat at 10:04 AM on March 24, 2006
oh. my. god? posted by phaedon at 10:14 AM on March 24, 2006
Kinda funny. Representational art is all about having a sense of humor these days, isn't it?
My question is: is the press release part of the work? posted by mr_roboto at 10:14 AM on March 24, 2006
and somewhere on the net, a person known in some locales as Takhys is grinning madly. posted by mephron at 10:16 AM on March 24, 2006
thefreek; no wonder I had such a bad UTI after my daughter was born! posted by GoodJob! at 10:17 AM on March 24, 2006
I was sure it'd be a horrible statue, it really isn't. I thought it'd be much much worse posted by matteo at 10:19 AM on March 24, 2006
You know, I thought it was a pretty great sculpture, but the high def pictures show that it's sort of shabby, and seems unfinished. What material is that? It seems like clay that hasn't yet hardened. posted by billysumday at 10:21 AM on March 24, 2006
billysumday,
You are correct. The pics are of the artist's clay sculpts, not a finished casting. posted by Thorzdad at 10:28 AM on March 24, 2006
I eagerly await the bronzes.
It's shit like this that reminds me why I love art so much. posted by Thorzdad at 10:29 AM on March 24, 2006
I don't know art, but I know what I like: Naked pop stars in doggie positions on bear rugs with babies in their cooters.
That bear's not dead, he's just restin' posted by Lord Kinbote at 10:35 AM on March 24, 2006
Britney still lives ? I tought gossip and cocaine would have killer her posted by elpapacito at 10:38 AM on March 24, 2006
It's threads like this that remind me why I love MeFi so much. posted by NationalKato at 10:39 AM on March 24, 2006
Goddamn, imagine the smell on that rug. posted by saladin at 10:39 AM on March 24, 2006
Bravo.
Keep bears in the threatdown. posted by ColdChef at 10:41 AM on March 24, 2006
I have to agree with some of the people above that this seems more like a monument to preggie porn than any kind of a remotely-actual childbirth situation.
Not to bring down the celebratory vibe here, but one of the problems that I frequently have with "pomo" art like this is that it seems like the artist comes up with the title/concept and then does the bare minimum to actualize the work. For example, if someone were seriously trying to make a "pro-life", pro-Britney child birth sculpture, they would do so with sensitivity and reverence - something this sculpture really lacks. I think the irony/point of the work could (and would) be much stronger if they took some time to understand the cultural position that they're trying to comment on and work from there, rather than just making a crass piece that capitalizes on right-wing/low-culture bashing in the name of so-called hipster irony.
Just my two cents. Carry on. posted by peptide at 10:46 AM on March 24, 2006
I just bought the thing. Gonna put it in my rumpus room, next to the sex swing. You guys should come over and see it. posted by bardic at 10:50 AM on March 24, 2006
In future news... Kevin Fedrline is a stripper. posted by thefreek at 11:07 AM on March 24, 2006
... who dances under the stage name of "Poppa ZOW!, The Brazillian Ass-Shaker". posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:11 AM on March 24, 2006
I think Alvy Ampersand would have nailed it, were not for the fact that "Super Hot Toni Collette" an oxymoron. posted by spock at 12:04 PM on March 24, 2006
I hear that Stevie Nick's next album is gonna be entitled "Isn't Age A Bitch?"
Nicks is still hot. I'd blow cocaine up her ass any day of the week. Except Sunday. That's God's day. posted by Astro Zombie at 12:18 PM on March 24, 2006
spockwrites"I hear that Stevie Nick's next album is gonna be entitled 'Isn't Age A Bitch?'"
She's so fucking lame for getting old. Ha! You're old!
Stupid Stevie Nicks. We want our celebrities to die young! posted by mr_roboto at 12:21 PM on March 24, 2006
Just like the white winged dove
Sings a song
Sounds like she's singing
Ooo baby posted by The Jesse Helms at 12:33 PM on March 24, 2006
The clouds never expect it
When it rains
But the sea changes colours...
But the sea
Does not change
And so with the slow graceful flow
Of age
I went forth with an age-old
Desire to please
On the edge of seventeen posted by spock at 12:42 PM on March 24, 2006
Pomo and porno are hard to differentiate as words.
How appropriate. posted by jouke at 12:52 PM on March 24, 2006
CRM114, your post lead me to a very worthwhile wiki. Cheers gov.
posted by dobie at 12:51 PM EST on March 24
Do share, dobie. posted by CRM114 at 1:06 PM on March 24, 2006
I like it. Looks nothing like Britney, however, or really any pregnant woman. posted by mrgrimm at 1:49 PM on March 24, 2006
It's been a long time since I've had this much fun in a thread. Thanks. posted by rush at 2:42 PM on March 24, 2006
CRM114: Realizing that I had no idea what you were talking about, but liking the sounds of your words, led me to reading about Occam and his delightful Razor. posted by dobie at 2:56 PM on March 24, 2006
Oh, I get it. Britney Spears is giving birth to an adult grizzly bear, but the bear is too large for any human woman to deliver all at once, so she is growing and delivering the component bear pieces separately to be reassembled at a later date. Currently she's done with the head and full term with a piece of leg. The whole process should span about three more decades with a tentative completion date set for 2032. posted by dgaicun at 3:33 PM on March 24, 2006
Is it true that James Dobson has purchased this sculpture for use as a lawn ornament? posted by maryh at 4:00 PM on March 24, 2006
This reminds me of that awful flag for the corrupt central american dictator in the original "The In-Laws." If this was a painting, it would have to be on black velvet. posted by crunchland at 4:08 PM on March 24, 2006
Man, I loved those paintings. posted by Astro Zombie at 4:10 PM on March 24, 2006
It looks like somebody added a belly to an otherwise not pregnant body - no layer of body fat & thin arms and thighs. The position doesn't look very effective for delivery, or even labor. WTF?
posted by theora55 at 10:02 AM PST on March 24 [!]
Actually, have you seen the pictures of Angelina Jolie recently? Could her arms get any skinnier? But you're right, it looks more like a back-stretching excercise in a childbirth class. And trying to deliver like that would be going against gravity. posted by annieb at 4:38 PM on March 24, 2006
Pro-Lifers condoning a nude statue.. yeah, that's legit....
Even Stevie's HAIR is old. posted by wfc123 at 6:16 PM on March 24, 2006
"Look like Ashley Judd to me."
I saw it and thought it looked like Charlize Theron, but then I always thought her and Ashley Judd looked alike. posted by nthdegx at 12:07 PM on March 25, 2006
Stevie Nicks used to haunt my teenaged dreams. I think she still looks just fine. If only she wasn't such a totally whacked-out, coked-up, west coast space case she'd be my ideal woman. Probably.
I wish I knew what happened to my copy of this, mind. Crap record, but the lyrics were profoundly meaningful to me. posted by Decani at 3:44 PM on March 26, 2006
If you've seen Stevie Nicks in concert singing something upbeat like Enchanted, you wouldn't call her old.
(thank goodness for thread hijacks!) posted by artifarce at 2:05 PM on March 28, 2006
AP on the controversy. I didn't know it was lifesize. Did anybody nab any pics of the business end yet? posted by dgaicun at 2:33 PM on March 28, 2006
Lifesize? Holy shit. The opening's next week, maybe someone will get pics then (perhaps I will). posted by rottytooth at 7:47 AM on March 29, 2006
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