A New York gallery is featuring a bizarre sculpture of Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton in a distinctly unglamorous pose — pregnant on an autopsy slab with one leg up in stirrups.
The sculpture, which went on public display on May 11, was dreamed up by artist Daniel Edwards, whose previous works have included a nude, life-sized sculpture of pop princess Britney Spears on all fours giving birth.
The Hilton sculpture, which is designed to warn of the dangers of drink driving, comes complete with an interactive opened abdominal cavity, and the gallery is encouraging art lovers to get their hands on the removable organs.
Hilton was arrested in September last year for drink driving and was sentenced to a jail term earlier this month for driving on a suspended license.
"An interactive Public Service Announcement featuring the graphic display of a tiara-wearing, autopsied Paris Hilton with removable innards is designed to warn teenagers of the hazards of underage drinking," the gallery said.
"Paris's internals, which include her small intestines, uterus and fetus, are removable to assist teens with an empathetic view of drunk driving tragedy from the coroner's perspective," gallery director David Kesting said.
The sculpture also features Hilton's Chihuahua Tinkerbell, also wearing a tiara, begging for attention.
"The tableau ... reminds potential prom queens no one is impervious to the pitfalls of drinking," the gallery, Capla Kesting Fine Art, said.
The sculpture is for sale, although the asking price was not disclosed.
The gallery has also invited students to compose an obituary for the socialite, based on the artwork. (AFP)
紐約一家藝廊現正展出好萊塢社交名媛芭黎絲希爾頓的塑像，身懷六甲躺在解剖台上，一腳騰空抬起的怪異姿勢，讓她魅力盡失。
1. unglamorous adj.
沒有魅力的 (mei2 you3 mei4 li4 de5)，乏味的 (fa2 wei4 de5)
例: When I saw the actress without her make-up, I was struck by how unglamorous she looked.
(我覺得那名女星沒化妝時魅力盡失。)
2. autopsy n.
驗屍 (yan4 shi1)
例: The police can't be sure of the cause of death until after the autopsy.
(解剖驗屍前，警方無法確認死因。)
3. stirrup n.
馬鐙 (ma3 deng4)
例: When I fell off the horse my foot became caught in the stirrup.
(墜馬時，我的腳還卡在馬鐙上。)
4. impervious adj.
不受影響的 (bu2 shou4 ying2 xiang3 de5)
例: Few people are impervious to criticism.
(鮮少有人聽到批評還不受影響。)
五月十一日公開展出的這件雕塑是藝術家丹尼爾愛德華茲想像的作品；流行小天后小甜甜布蘭妮全裸趴在地上準備臨盆的真人大小雕塑，也是他之前的作品之一。
這件為了警告酒駕危險而創作的雕塑，完整呈現芭黎絲的「五臟六腑」，腹腔內各臟器都可移動，互動性十足，藝廊也鼓勵藝術愛好者親自動手體驗。
芭黎絲去年九月因酒駕遭到逮捕，本月初她又因駕照被吊銷、無照駕駛被判入監服刑。
藝廊表示：「這個頭戴皇冠、被開膛剖腹且內臟可以挪移的芭黎絲希爾頓公益雕塑栩栩如生，互動性十足，目的在提醒青少年未成年飲酒的危險。」
藝廊主任大衛?凱斯汀說：「為了協助青少年從驗屍官的角度，了解酒駕釀禍的可怕，芭黎絲的內臟包括小腸、子宮及腹中胎兒全都可以移動。」
雕塑的主角還有芭黎絲的愛犬吉娃娃「小仙女」，頭戴皇冠的牠向主人示好。
「卡普拉凱斯汀美術館」藝廊表示：「這件寫實聳動的作品...提醒未來的舞會皇后們，任何人都難逃飲酒可能帶來的危險。」
芭黎絲的雕塑將會出售，至於開價多少，藝廊方面不願透露。
藝廊也邀請學生為芭黎絲的這座雕像撰寫訃聞。(法新社／翻譯：林倩如）
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