Daniel Edwards

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Daniel Edwards' controversial sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth featured at the Capla Kesting Fine Art Gallery in Brooklyn.  It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. If you can, please do so as soon as is practical.
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Daniel Edwards' controversial sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth featured at the Capla Kesting Fine Art Gallery in Brooklyn.  It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. If you can, please do so as soon as is practical.
Rear view of a cast of the controversial sculpture. Unlike actual events, the sculpture shows Spears giving a natural birth.  It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. If you can, please do so as soon as is practical.
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Rear view of a cast of the controversial sculpture. Unlike actual events, the sculpture shows Spears giving a natural birth.  It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. If you can, please do so as soon as is practical.

Daniel Edwards is a controversial sculptor.

His works include a sculpture of the disembodied head of Ted Williams, a life sized statue of Britney Spears giving birth while nude on her hands and knees on a bearskin rug, a provocative bust of Senator Hillary Clinton, and a 25 foot bust of Fidel Castro.

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[edit] Britney Spears

Edwards titled the piece "Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston", explaining that it symbolized Spears' decision to put childbirth ahead of her career. Britney Spears actually had a caesarean section.

In an Associated Press interview, Edwards asserted that he incorporates celebrity stories because "You’re bombarded with these stories. And there’s a thread that winds back to the art. That’s not a bad thing. People are interested in sex, and it works for art as well." Edwards conceded, however that he "wouldn't march with either pro-life or pro-choice advocates".

A number of the images shown in the media are casts of the sculpture rather than the original. Casts can be distinguished by the joins around the forearms and shins and by their paler colour.

[edit] Hillary Clinton

The life size bust of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is titled "Presidential Bust of Hillary Rodham Clinton". The sculpture depicts her wearing a low-cut floral dress. [1]

[edit] Suri Cruise

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Suri Cruise's First Bowel Movement
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Suri Cruise's First Bowel Movement

On August 28, 2006, Edwards unveiled a sculpture titled "Suri's bronzed baby poop", purported to be the actual first bowel movement, or meconium, of the baby of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. The sculpture was to be auctioned on eBay, and Edwards was commissioned to produce a limited-edition plaster replica. Sources disagreed whether the bronze sculpture actually contained Suri's poop; some reported that it did[2] while others reported the story as a hoax.[3]

[edit] Fidel Castro

Edwards promoted his new sculpture "Fidel Castro's Deathbed Portrait" by sending a press release [4]announcing an unveiling of the bust in Central Park in New York City without applying for the proper permits.

[edit] Other works

In 1997, Edwards spent 30 hours with former Alabama governor George Corley Wallace preparing to create a wax bust of Wallace.

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