New bust of Hillary Clinton anatomically correct

By M&C News Aug 12, 2006, 16:16 GMT

US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton EPA/SHAWN THEW

Sculptor Daniel Edwards has done it again, creating a controversial bust of politico first lady – now Senator – Hillary Clinton.

The “presidential bust of U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton” features a set of authentically reproduced mammaries in a cleavage baring dress.  It has been unveiled at New York's Museum of Sex, where his life size rendition of Britney Spears giving birth on a bear-skin rug is also on display.

Unveiled on Wednesday, The Presidential Bust of Hillary Rodham Clinton: The First Woman President of the United States of America  is scheduled for a limited six-week run at the Fifth Avenue museum.

Edwards intent is to portray Clinton, 59, "not as a covered up person, but as a woman."  He claims her bosom is accurate, based on public photos, and made sure to include her facial wrinkles.

He has described his depiction as Clinton "with her head held high, a youthful spirit and a face matured by wisdom."

Edwards cited actress Sharon Stone’s comments in Hollywood Life magazine in March. Stone had proclaimed it "too soon" for Clinton to attempt a run for the U.S. presidency. "A woman should be past her sexuality when she runs. Hillary still has sexual power and I don't think people will accept that. It's too threatening," Stone said.

"The artist's portrayal of Hillary Clinton as a president who also happens to be a sexual being conveys the message that a woman need not squelch her sexuality in order to succeed as leader of the free world." Museum director Daniel Gluck said about his latest show.

Along with the Spears sculpture, Edwards also did a sculpture depicting the head of baseball great Ted Williams.