Posted on 08/29/2008 8:25:20 PM PDT by Mister Ghost
A solid gold statue of Kate Moss entitled Siren, will be on display in a new exhibition at the British Museum, Marie Claire reports.
The sculpture by artist Marc Quinn is worth £1.5 million, and the 50kg piece is said to be the largest gold statue created since the era of Ancient Egypt.
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At about 2.2 pounds to kilo...50 kilos is about 110 pounds. Wow! The statue is twice her actual weight!
Aren’t sirens supposed to be attractive?
WTF??? Who’s Kate Moss?
He’s also sculpted his own face out of frozen, human blood. Surprised to see this on freerepublic; it made me sign up.
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That is so odd.
I’m with you...who’s Kate Moss?
And how is it this artist has the money to sculpt in solid gold?
Probably commissioned. It is being displayed in a high traffic area along with some of the artist’s other crap.
Where’s the coke straw?
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