Contemporary sculptor Daniel
Edwards is a pro at courting controversy.
His celebrity-inspired
artwork include a 2006 life-sized nude of Britney Spears giving birth to son
Sean Preston, a statue of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding, and
"hands-on" work called "Paris Hilton Autopsy."
On Wednesday, Edwards
unveiled his latest piece: a nude 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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