TV chat queen Oprah gets a less than flattering tubby bronze statue cast in her honour
thisislondon.co.uk
She has famously battled with her weight – but according to this tribute to the queen of daytime television, it appears to be a battle lost.
Controversial American sculptor Daniel Edwards latest work ‘The Oprah Sarcophagus’, is a very full-figured sculpture of Oprah Winfrey – and that’s where the likeness begins and ends.
The work casts Miss Winfrey in bronze, as a nude, full-breasted woman with generous child-bearing hips. (more…)
Now come on! Oprah is not that big (or maybe she just does a good job strapping her stuff down).
Hmmmm. This reminds me of another picture (enter harp music here). And yes I am rubbing my chin!
“Several prints dating from the early nineteenth century illustrate the sensation generated by the spectacle of “The Hottentot Venus.†A French print entitled “La Belle Hottentot,†for example, depicts the Khosian woman standing with her buttocks exposed on a box-like pedestal. Several figures bend straining for a better look, while a male figure at the far right of the image even holds his seeing-eye glass up to better behold the woman’s body. The European observers remark on the woman’s body: “Oh! God Damn what roast beef!†and “Ah! how comical is nature.†(an excerpt I used in the post ‘We humans are so inventive‘)
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