Paris Hilton's Autopsy In Williamsburg

Nothing says "responsibility" like Paris Hilton. This prom season, the socialite's naked "corpse" will be used as an educational tool for teens getting ready for the big dance. The "corpse" was created by Daniel Edwards, who Hilton herself had reportedly commissioned to create a sculpture of her for Los Angeles' Sunset Strip. This probably isn't what she had in mind. The interactive PSA will be a life-sized replica of Hilton (with her privelaged pup Tinkerbell) wearing a tiara, gripping on to her cell phone, and containing...removable innards in her opened abdominal cavity. Somehow this is meant to warn teenagers about the hazards of underage drinking.

Why Paris? We suppose there's a direct correlation between the tiara-ed heiress and the prom queen. She isn't underage, she was however arrested for a DUI last year. Hear that prom queen, even the fabulous can fall (ahem, Miss USA). Ms. Hilton's debut will take place far away from the Sunset Strip, right here in Williamsburg. Along with the display, students will be encouraged to visit www.ParisHiltonAutopsy.com to view the making of the project and compete for prizes by writing Paris Hilton's obituary. Wonder if this was part of her community service agreement for that DUI.

So with Paris's legs up in stirrups for postmortem pelvic examination, what does the autopsy ultimately reveal? A "double abortion" of fetal twins discovered in her uterus. So, like, no sex on prom night either, kids.

Opening reception is May 11th from 6 to 9pm at Capla Kesting Fine Art [121 Roebling St, Williamsburg]. Gallery hours are noon to 6pm Tuesday thru Sunday.

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By Jen Carlson in Miscellaneous on April 27, 2007 11:22 AM

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RevWaldo

(test - ingore!)

Come on down!

We've got this Buddhist priest sleepin' in the bathtub

Teachin' night school down at NYU

We've got this African queen

She paints her eyelids green

And all night long she do the bugaloo

Come on down to my…

SoulPad™ - with the blue lights in the ceiling

SoulPad™ - you know the wall paint is peelin'

SoulPad™ - it's a room with a feelin'

Two Russian students hang out in the closet

Hung up on jazz and funk

They keep some incense burnin' in a sardine can

Beneath a picture of Thelonious Monk

RevWaldo

(test - ignore!)

Come on down!

We've got this Buddhist priest sleepin' in the bathtub
Teachin' night school down at NYU
We've got this African queen
She paints her eyelids green
And all night long she do the bugaloo

Come on down to my…
SoulPad™ - with the blue lights in the ceiling
SoulPad™ - you know the wall paint is peelin'
SoulPad™ - it's a room with a feelin'

Two Russian students hang out in the closet
Hung up on jazz and funk
They keep some incense burnin' in a sardine can
Beneath a picture of Thelonious Monk

shawty101

this freakin awesome

Capla Kesting Fine Art

Hope everyone can make it to the gallery this Friday May 11th when we open the exhibition to the public starting at 6pm. Otherwise the exhibtion will be up until May 30th.

Capla Kesting Fine Art

121 Roebling Street

Brooklyn NY 11211

Bedford Ave L train stop at the corner of North 5th Street

Kalio

Paris Hilton sucks! Hope she has a nice time in jail.

Joshua S. Rubenstein

Wouldn't it be more life-like in brass?

at

It's a little sexist too, no? I believe that boys drive drunk as well don't they? But I guess she looks better naked. I don't really have a problem with it as a just a sculpture or art but to act like this is going to send some message to teeneagers about drunk driving is pretentious.

crappy!

And I thought the Wall of Fire in the NGA in Ottawa was bad art. This is absolute garbage!!!!

Sue

Sounds like a very elaborate intervention to me.

Richard Bacchus

Pretty Gorgeous Sculpture. I think is sums up 21st Century Iconography pretty well. Expresses our deepest desires for the most inane, we're obsessive psychotics, living in the most pathologic of times. The piece brings to mind Golden Calves and Nebuchadnezzar's Monument.

Anonymous

Paris is simply the most useless person whose name is known by the general public

obity

Irritated,

People write obits for still alive people all the time. Standard practice in the newspaper biz.

It's not too much of a stretch to think Hilton's days are numbered is it??

mia

finally. something my liberal ass can say has no artistic merit.

the Critic

This is kind of 2-bit. It's the same guy that did the Britney Spears gives birth sculpture. It seems like some artiste has a hankering for the media spotlight.

GONZO

i dont know what's better - this, or that sculpture of brittany spears giving birth in the doggystyle position on a bear hide rug.

you billyburg residence are some odd people.

Irritated

Okay, I'm no fan of Paris, but this strikes me as disgusting and macabre. Having students write an obituary for a still-living person is something that is just too sick to contemplate.

Vanessa

I'm NO fan of Paris Hilton but, even so, this sculpture actually makes me feel sorry for her. It seems to me that the artist is the opportunistic sleazeball in this case.

robin.g

Seems really stupid and pointless. I guess I don't get it.

La Leone

Sick and twisted. I LOVE it. There are probably so many people out there that want to kill her. Killing her through an artwork is the next best thing.

CW

I will also say that if this saves someone from drunk driving it might be the only redeeming thing ever even tangentially connected to the parasitic creature in human shape that is Paris Hilton.