http://channels.isp.netscape.com/whatsnew/default.jsp?story=20060811-1147Reuters reports the bust is the creation of sculptor Daniel Edwards, who hopes it will spark discussion about sex, politics and celebrity. He likes to create controversy. He's the one who made the life-size nude of Britney Spears giving birth on a bear-skin rug. This time he said he wanted to capture Sen. Clinton's age and femininity in the sculpture. He also captured some political controversy by naming it "The Presidential Bust of Hillary Rodham Clinton: The First Woman President of the United States of America." The sculpture "The Presidential Bust of Hillary Rodham Clinton: the First Woman President of the United States of America" sits on display at the Museum of Sex in New York August 9, 2006. Artist Daniel Edwards claims to have been inspired to make the piece after actress Sharon Stone said Clinton could never be president because she is a sexual being.
The sculptured bust of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton now on display in a New York City museum gives new meaning to the word "bust." It's billed as a "presidential bust" and it prominently displays, well, her bust. This is no ordinary museum, either. It's the Museum of Sex.
The sculpture shows the senator smiling with soft wrinkles framing her eyes. Oddly, a floral pattern is engraved across her breasts, which Edwards says is his way of presenting Clinton "as a woman--not a covered-up person, but as a woman." He told Reuters, "I didn't want to give her a face lift or change her age. The key was to reveal her chest a little bit. She usually covers herself up, but I don't think that's necessary." Not surprisingly, Sen. Clinton's office had no immediate comment.