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Britney Spears Subject of 50-Piece Art Exhibit
Monday October 1, 2007
Gum Blonde / Jason Kronenwald / chewed bubblegum on plywood / $2,200
Monday October 1, 2007
From pop tart to pop art!
Britney Spears’ career may be in trouble but a new art exhibit proves that she is still a source of inspiration. The singer is now the subject of a 50-piece art show called “Just Britney,” which opened at a Hollywood gallery on Friday.
"We reached out to a number of artists and found Britney is such a polarizing character these days," Steven Corfe, a co-curator of the show, told Reuters.
"People absolutely adored her and wanted to celebrate her bubblegum, pop princess years. Or, they thought she was an irresponsible mother and wanted to play up the drug side of things," Corfe added. "The show reflects that whole spectrum."
That spectrum includes a portrait made entirely of chewed bubble gum titled "Gum Blond XLVIII", as well as a 10-foot by 6-foot painting "Snake Charmer,” based on a paparazzi shot of the 25-year-old singer exiting a car in a short skirt with no panties on.
"Just Britney" runs through early October at Bailey's and Barbatos' World of Wonder art gallery in Hollywood.
"She personifies our obsession with celebrity culture, and it's an obsession that won't die down no matter how far she goes off the rail," Corfe said. "We love to put people up on a pillar and we love even more to shoot them down."
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Posted by Alissa R at 1:59 pm ET
20 Comments
11:56 PM
Heather Says:
10:20 PM
Anonymous Says:
whats next a paint made of blow and booze...to capture her motherhood yrs lol
7:58 PM
Anonymous Says:
WOW! Made entirely of gum, quite amazing. But she doesn't look this pretty anymore, too much booze and alcohol have really destroyed her looks.
6:41 PM
Kim Says:
Perez is a joke! He who has NO talent to speak of, except spewing hatred for people he doesn't know. He has no room to question anyone talent. Other than being a total laughings stock, who people pity, when the look at HIS FAT BLOTED ASS, what talent does Perez have?!
6:40 PM
Kim Says:
Perez is a joke! He who has NO talent to speak of, except spewing hatred for people he doesn't know. He has no room to question anyone talent. Other than being a total laughings stock, who people pity, when the look at HIS FAT BLOTED ASS, what talent does Perez have?!
5:19 PM
Anonymous Says:
2:38 PM PEREZ HILTON Says:
You idiot, no way has Britney affected pop culture more than Madonna. Hmm, Madonna has a 20+ year career that has been provocative and consistent. Britney has been around less than 10 years and already she is a messed up complete waste of space. Her "talent" is highly questionable, unless you think being deperate for attention, consistently being guilty of indecent exposure, and not have any intelligence, self-discipline and maturity is talent.
4:02 PM
Chantal Says:
HAHAHAHAHA...well, so much for freedom of speech - which is after all the cover you love to use for spewing for crap, right??? It's hilarious that you'd take my post off which didn't contain any "inappropriate" insults - but u keep all the other insanity on here...LOLOLOLOLOL...well, that at least proves that whoever writes this stuff on here is indeed someone from the inside (either usmag itself, or the comment section/"webmaster")...thanks for helping me figure this out...lololololol....
3:57 PM
Anonymous Says:
Phuck you
3:56 PM
Anonymous Says:
Phuck you
3:46 PM
Charmagne Says:
Look at who the media glorifies. What a shame.
3:43 PM
Anonymous69 Says:
3:21 PM Chantal Says:
A lot of these same stories and pics are on other gossip sites....is this the only one you visit??
3:37 PM
Anonymous Says:
2:38 PM Anonymous Says:
Idiot.
3:37 PM
Space Case Says:
Aren't there more deserving artists that should have their works on display at this place? How is Bratney even worth an exhibit?
Picture made of chewed bubblegum? EWWW!! At least it was made out of boogers.
2:59 PM
Wicked Says:
Next thing you know they'll be having an art exibit about me. I'm relevant to everything investing.
2:50 PM
Anonymous Says:
2:38 PM PEREZ HILTON, Britney is just about as relevent as you are. Your both big messes. I wish you would both go away.
2:44 PM
Jan Says:
A portrait made entirely of chewed bubblegum. That's disgusting.
2:38 PM
Anonymous Says:
2:33 here, let me help you. Here's a whole box of long stick hat pins...mmmkay.
2:38 PM
PEREZ HILTON Says:
BRITNEY IS BACK BOYS AND GIRLS!!!!!!!! THE SHOW IS VERY COOL AND IT DEMONSTRATES HOW RELEVENT BRITNEY SPEARS REALLY IS....IN MANY WAYS SHE HAS AFFECTED POP CULTURE MORE THAN MADONNA!
2:33 PM
Anonymous Says:
I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than see this train-wreck of an exhibit.
2:32 PM
Becca Says:
I saw it Saturday. It was pretty interesting.
