Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston - April 7 - 23
Daniel
Edwards
Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston
Show Dates - April 7 through April 23
COLLECTORS CATALOG
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 917-650-3760.
Please make a donation to the gallery tokeep
it free to the public.
