Posted on 08/30/2006 5:01:50 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
TOM Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show their baby daughter off in public, but eager fans were given an unusual preview today with what's claimed to be a bronze cast depicting her first solid stool.
The scatological sculpture - more doodoo than Dada - is purportedly cast from 19-week-old Suri's first bowel movement and will be shown at the Capla Kesting gallery in Brooklyn, New York, before being auctioned off for charity.
The artist behind the work, Daniel Edwards, previously courted controversy with a life-size nude sculpture of pop star Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug. That work was shown at the same gallery in April.
"A bronzed cast of baby's first poop can be a meaningful memento for the family," gallery director David Kesting said, adding that he hoped the work would attract bids of up to $US25,000 ($32,793) or $US30,000 ($39,352).
The sculpture, which sits on a wooden mounting with a glass casing, is to be sold on eBay next month with proceeds from the sale going to infant health charity March Of Dimes.
As of today, it had attracted a top bid of $US41 ($53).
Mission: Impossible star Cruise and his fiancee Holmes announced Suri's birth in April.
The entertainment press, which dubbed the pair "TomKat", has shown a seemingly insatiable appetite for news of the pair and their "TomKitten".
A spokesman for the couple was not immediately available today to comment on the sculpture.
The person who buys this piece crap (pun intended) is crazier than Tom Cruise.
Katie's parents should abscond with this baby (if she even exists) without delay. Tom and Katie are lunatics.
Seriously, this can't be a true story..
Absolutely sick.
I was sure that this was from Scrappleface. They have got to be kidding!!
I can't abide Tom Cruise or Scientology, but he isn't obliged to show off his daughter in public.
Include Katie in that so she can be deprogrammed.
Yeah, that's something you'll want to pass down through the generations.
Sheesh...and these people consider themselves "enlightened"?
I thought Tom ate the first poop?
Oh wait, that was the placenta he ate...
Although if L. Ron had told his groupies to eat baby poop, they would.
I hear that most modern "art" is crap...this one, quite literally.
This is not from the Onion....is it?
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