Thursday - August 28, 2008

All that is glitterati is not gold

Artist unveils solid gold statue of drugged out skank model Kate Moss. British museum puts it on display. “We are not amused” fumes gossip columnist.

His sculpture of Moss said to be the largest gold statue to be made in the world since the time of Ancient Egypt.

Speaking about choosing the supermodel as a subject, Quinn said: “I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who’s the ideal beauty of the moment.”

The 50kg statue will be displayed in the Nereid Gallery of the British Museum, alongside other statues such as Crouching Venus, a Hellenistic model of Venus surprised while bathing.

Quinn’s latest work, which shows Moss in a yoga pose, is part of a collection, entitled Statuephilia, by contemporary artists going on display at the British Museum.

It is the second time the London-born artist has used the model as his muse. He previously created Sphinx, a white-painted bronze sculpture of the fashion icon.

Quinn is also known for Self, a bust of his head made from eight pints of his own frozen blood.

But not everyone is in love with the idea ...

A new, gold statue of the overexposed model is the last straw for Celia Walden

Celebrity body parts, like brand logos, quickly start to grate. Elizabeth Hurley’s breasts, David Cameron’s Eton slick, Angelina Jolie’s lips, Hillary Clinton’s ever-gaping gob, Victoria Beckham’s alien sunglasses and her husband’s six-pack are as unavoidable and wearing as a stubborn pop song.

But nothing, nothing sands down my psyche more relentlessly than one little pinched visage, reproduced with a bulimic intensity by the media the world over: Kate Moss.

Go read the rest. I thought it was a decent claws extended full on catty ripping up.

I don’t see that much of Kate Moss. I don’t read gossip mags, I don’t read the fashion mags, and I don’t watch the kiddie channels like MTV where her face is likely to appear hawking some clothes or something. So it’s kind of rare for me to even see her picture ... and when I do, I notice she seems to be less drugged out and skinny looking, and might actually be rather noticeable. Attractive maybe even. But like I said, I’ve missed the whole Kate Kulture thing, though I can understand those who have simply overdosed on it.

Is she still involved with that pasty faced little greaser junky Petey Doherty? The guy who looks like a walking STD? Gak, I hope not.

Posted by Drew458     on 08/28/2008 at 09:42 PM   
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