Thursday, May 10, 2007

Why Daniel Edwards rocks my world

(Photo & article courtesy of Reuters and Yahoo!Canada)

"Sculptor Daniel Edwards thinks Paris Hilton makes a fine subject -- as prom queen of the dead in a what he says is a warning against drunken driving.

The artist has created a sculpture of the 26-year-old hotel heiress and socialite naked and dead, with cell phone in hand, legs spread and crowned with a tiara.
"The Paris Hilton Autopsy" is a statement about the dangers of drunk driving just as high school prom season rolls around, said Edwards, who also sculpted a giant head of Cuban President Fidel Castro, and created a life-size nude of Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug."

Rocketreview: You can say what you want about Daniel Edwards, but I think the guy is fucking hilarious. Some say he's an offensive dickhead who's riding the tabloid garbage truck to notoriety. Others claim he's merely holding up a fun-house mirror to our modern-day media gods. I mean, when it comes to Paris & Britney, is it even possible to demean these girls any further than they already have themselves? Please discuss amongst yourselves...

More fun from Daniel Edwards... from left to right (click to view large) : 1) "The Presidential Bust of Hilary Rodham Clinton. The First Woman President of the United States of America."; 2) "Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston"; 3) "Suri's Bronzed Baby Poop"

9 comments:

Bert Bananas said...

Question: In photo #1, why does he have a neck and head on the presidential bust?

Snatch victory from the jaws of d' feet.

katrocket said...

I dunno. I guess so we can tell that it's indeed Ms. Clinton, and not all those thousands of other women who are running for President?

Chris said...

Suri's Bronzed Baby Poop - I love it.

Steve Caratzas said...

Suri's bronzed baby poop?! Oh, I thought that was Tom Cruise!

pistols at dawn said...

Kat, I saw a picture of Mr. Edwards in this morning's Washington Post and thought that regardless of his actual work and questionable talent, the man is hilarious in appearance alone. The intense eyes, the beard, and white suit (the Tom Wolfe of the art world?) all add up to "hilarious."

Every field needs its ambulance chasers, and pop art is no different. In fact, if you'll allow me to continue the lawyer: pop artists comparison, I'd say that over 85% of pop artists run their poorly-produced-and-cheaply-shot ads during daytime TV judge shows and from 1:00am to 3:00am.

Plus, anyone and anything in the world is better than Matthew Barney. There aren't enough feet in the world to kick that guy's ass as much as he deserves.

steakbellie said...

i've been following his work, and really just adore the idea.

The Guv'ner said...

I am disturbed by Suri's Bronzed Baby Poop because she's a tiny little baby, who obviously has a ginormous ASS if something that size and consistency came out of it! And I'm no expert on poop (ok maybe a bit)or indeed babies, but it's a little more solid than a baby's ought to be, no?

pistols at dawn said...

Guv'ner: You totally majored in scatology. With that in mind, you must know a lot about the non-Bat out of Hell Meat Loaf albums. Make sure to never tell me those stories unless I'm too drunk to possibly remember them.

drew_ti said...

Art is truly in the eye of the beholder, all our art is hand made in the US, much of our nude male statues and nude female

statue art is from the Roman and Greek period. The Roman Statue and Greek Statues are very tasteful and elegant. We at Neo-Mfg.com

can not discount this art as it is very well done, just can not see it on display in someone’s home. Art is in the eye of the beholder and we are sure it is just a monument.

Always remember American Freedom to express yourself