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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