Contemporary
sculptor, Daniel Edwards, is a pro at inciting controversy. His
celebrity-inspired artwork include a 2006 life-sized unclad of Britney
Spears giving birth to son Sean Preston, a statue of Angelina Jolie
chest-feeding, and “hands-on” work called “Paris Hilton Autopsy.”
On
Wednesday, Edwards unveiled his latest piece: a unclad sculpture of a
pregnant Kim Kardashian. The life-sized figure, entitled “L.A.
Fertility,” portrays the 32-year-old reality star in a walking pose
without arms. Visitors to the statue, on view at the LAB ART Gallery in
L.A., are encouraged to rub Kardashian’s enormous belly for luck.
Edwards
explained that his work was in response to media criticism over
Kardashian’s weight gain during her pregnancy with her first child.
“People tend to look at the parts, like the creases in her armpits, or
how she wore a dress that makes her look like a killer whale,” Edwards
told Los Angeles Magazine. “I’m stripping it of the details people get
stuck on, so they can see the beauty.” Other works in Edwards’ exhibit
include a bronze of Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby in utero, and
another pre-natal portrait of Kate Middleton and Prince William’s child.
“We live in a media-absorbed culture where anyone can access and share a
celebrity’s most intimate moments,” publicist Cory Allen said in a
statement. “Daniel visually captures ‘that’ intimacy.
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