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Walking to the post office this afternoon, we noticed that the huge Michael Chemiakin sculpture in front of the Mimi Fritz gallery was gone, leaving only a rusted square on the pavement to mark its passing. The sculpture, "Cybele, the Goddess of Fertility", had been in front of the gallery on Prince between Greene and Wooster for as long as we can remember. On the weekends it is a huge hit with tourists-- who love to giggle and stand in front of it for pictures. In addition to the 16 boobs, Cybele features 8 butt cheeks, which are helpfully displayed using a mirror.
Our friends at Curbed also noticed the statue's removal, and posited "perhaps this is just another Alamo-type cleaning. But for the love of all things fertile, who knows more? " Sadly, we can report that it's not-- we called Mimi Fritz and one of the gallery employees confirmed that Cybele as been permenantly removed to the artist's property upstate-- and will not be returned once the gallery moves to its new location on Greene Street. Sad!
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I hated that thing, but I loved that it was there. Sad.
SAD
Wow this statue totally trumps the three tittied woman from Total Recall.
I hope it was moved to the MET or is on tour around the world. It is indeed a work of art.
That's exactly what I thought of every time I passed that statue, Ah-Nuld giving the tri-boobed martian a feel. *shudder
Oh well, oh schmell.
the gallery is called Mimi Ferzt
and the artist is Mihail Chemiakin
I hated the thing too, but I'll miss it anyway. I can't count the number of times I had to dodge that thing. i Swear she'd jump out at me.
NOOOO!!!!! that was my favorit sculpture ever in history. I really loved it caused it pissed feminists off.
I'm with 'land' and 'mt'...Hated the sculpture itself, but will be sad it's gone!
Didn't love the sculpture either, but I do love titties, so I'm torn on that one. I also thought there was a little too much "lift", though - they look like implants. I, like most boob-lovers, prefer natural, but the multiple ass cheeks make up for it.
That horrible multi-teated monstrosity was to art what Adolf Hitler was to democracy. I'm glad they're both gone. A freakin' kebab stand in that space would be more culturally uplifting.
One friend to another; "yo, you like chicks with LOTS of tits?".
Friend; "Naw, I think more than two is kinda spooky".
Come to think of it, I wouldn't miss that creepy ten-foot, half-dissected pregnant woman on 52nd and Park, either.
I hear ya bro.
But at least THAT one comes equipped with the standard two-boob arrangement we all know and have come to love.
hjj wrote: "I really loved it caused it pissed feminists off."
Well, I loved it, and I'm a feminist & so are all my female friends who loved that lady. I think she's pretty assertive -- far from an object.
(sorry if the feminists ruined it for you now)