So you’ve probably seen a blurb somewhere about the Paris Hilton sculpture that a guy created as “a warning against drunk driving”. Well I guess that’s a good thing. Drunk driving is always a bad idea and warming teenagers of it’s risks is always a good idea.
Here’s one article’s description of the piece and the man who crreated it.
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.
Here’s a link to the article which has a couple of photos.
What I can’t figure out is why/how this image will inspire a teenager to to avoid drunk driving. The pose seems somewhat provocative and completely unrelated to drinking or driving. I get the symbolism of the tiarra and the exposed innards. The essential contribution of the dog escapes me. It all seems more suggestive of risky behavior that might occur in the back seat of a car while parked.
I know I’m getting old. I must be more out of touch than I thought.
for a while around here the police used to deposit a completely crushed auto on the main entrance of all the highschools for prom season…maybe this is the 21st c version of that…
I’d prefer to see her rendered in stripes… or blues, or whatever the prison uniform of current fashiion is. This gal needs some serious ‘bringing up short’.
