[wordup] Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston

[Adam Shand]

I'm completely baffled about why, but it's definitely "fascinating" ...

Adam.

From: http://www.caplakesting.com/2006_catalog/de/index.htm
More: http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2006-03-0322-003.shtml
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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