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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