Posted on 05/10/2007 8:46:51 AM PDT by John Cena
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sculptor Daniel Edwards thinks Paris Hilton makes a fine subject -- as prom queen of the dead in what he says is a warning against drunken driving.
The artist has created a sculpture of the 26-year-old hotel heiress and socialite naked and dead, with cell phone in hand, legs spread and crowned with a tiara.
"The Paris Hilton Autopsy" is a statement about the dangers of drunk driving just as high school prom season rolls around, said Edwards, who also sculpted a giant head of Cuban President Fidel Castro and created a life-size nude of Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug.
Hilton pleaded no contest in January to alcohol-related reckless driving. On Friday, she was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation on that offense by driving on a suspended license.
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Editors Choice: Best pictures from the last 24 hours. View Slideshow "It's really kind of a wake-up call for anybody who really pays attention to Paris Hilton, close enough that they might end up emulating her," the Connecticut artist said.
The sculpture was to go on display Friday in Brooklyn.
On Wednesday, Hilton issued a statement through an attorney saying she was "ready to face the consequences of violating probation."
"No one is above the law. I surely am not," she said. "I do not expect to be treated better than anyone else who violated probation. However, my hope is that I will not be treated worse."
Hilton's lawyers have said she was singled out for especially harsh treatment by prosecutors because of her celebrity, and they have filed a notice of their intention to appeal the sentence.
I know you are but... :gar:
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The dog has a butt like a human being butt. I just noticed that!
Should I be worried that you are looking at a Chihuahua's butt? lol!
I've never seen a human being with a tail like that.
Sheesh! I can’t believe I went back & looked. LOL.
Paris or the dog?! I can't see any tail on the dog in these photos.
LOL
If you look at the third picture, it looks to me that rather than an indentation or "crack" to use the vernacular, I believe that has a convexity suggesting a tail.
I don’t know, looks all ass to me!
These days less heiress is more popular than more heiress, which was considered fine back in the 70s.
Modelled on stills from “One Night in Paris”, I suppose?
This was just an excuse to make a form of her with her legs spread. This isn’t art.
That’s hot.
I would like to have seen him make a sculpture like this JUST to raise awareness to the serious problem of distracted drivers chatting on cellphones while driving.
Dead is dead and they kill people too. There is just isn't a MADD for Mothers Against DISTRACTED Drivers.
not so nice
LOL
Great! Another bike rack!
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