Fallen champion Barbaro will be remembered with a statue to be displayed in Central Park this April, but it won't be of the mighty steed winning races and screwing fillies, the latter of which would have been totally sweet.
"The Barbaro Memorial for the Right to Die" by controversial sculptor Daniel Edwards is a tribute to the late Triple Crown contender and is dedicated to the institution of euthanasia… "The Barbaro Memorial" will depict the thoroughbred champion in the winner's circle on his back with his number 8 saddle cloth draping his belly and hooves in the air, representing his inability to stand on his feet due to the debilitating laminitis which followed the shattered ankle he suffered in the 2006 Preakness Stakes…
"We believe a memorial dedicated to the Right to Die will encourage horse owners to forego their own self-interests and act mercifully on behalf of their suffering horse," said gallery co-director, John Leo. "If Barbaro has taught us anything, it is that horses deserve our compassion first."
If Barbaro taught me anything, it's that people are goddam freaks who like horses way too much. "Oooh, look at this beautiful animal. It weighs a ton and has sharp hooves and bites and freaks out at any sudden movements. Hey, I know: let's try to ride it!" Fuckin weirdos.
By the way, Edwards is the same guy who did the statues of Britney Spears giving birth on a bear rug and Paris Hilton dead and naked on a coroner's table. Up next for him: a statue of me pissing on the dead bodies of the cast of Entourage. That would fucking rule.
[Lion in Oil] … and oh yeah, NICE SHOES ASSHOLE
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Excuse me Mr. Horse, what are your feelings about this statue?
Hmmm……
No sir, I don't like it.
I thought those were the Britney and Paris statues?
Edwards is like a straight Mapplethorpe.
Which is to say, dude, you're in no way shocking me, you're just a pretentious god damn art school drop out. And I said SOY latte, asshole.
Yet Tijuana remains free of donkey statues.
"Nice shoes, Asshole".
Pauly, thank you for reminding me. I added the link.
I think we need to create a statue of all the great quarterbacks that SHOULD have been laid to rest a loooong time ago. How about a statue of Brett Favre on his back with Strahan on top?
Not for nothing but there wasn't much better in popular art in recent years then that Brit statue crowning while holding onto the bear skin rug.
When reached for comment, Mr. Edwards would not speak to reporters until an ample amount of peanut butter was applied to his teeth.
Side note: anyone able to find the deer-fucking statue at IUPUI yet?
Aside: That Grizzly Bear looks nothing like Spears
"How about a statue of Brett Favre on his back with Strahan on top?"
If you believe the allegations of Strahan's ex-wife, Favre would actually be on all fours with Strahan on top.
Since Barbaro is in an Elmer's glue bottle, will Shannon Sharpe be the model for the sculpture? I mean it's onlyright, he was the inspiration for the new logo the Broncos got on the helmets in '97.
Anyone else turned on by the Paris Hilton sculpture ?
@Pauly, I thought Sarah Jessica Parker was the model for the sculpture.
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@UU-Paris Hilton sculture was really a dedication for all the dead hookers out there, who put it on the line, or did a line…whatever…who died in the line of duty..In my basement…(tear drop)
I know a lot of people who should exercise their right to die.
I don't know doogie. something about doing a line off of a hooker statue's ass doesn't have the same appeal. maybe he just should have stuffed and mounted paris hilton (interprete however you want).
I saw a sculpture of the typical Barbaro message-board poster at McDonald's Playland. Never mind; my kid is telling me it was just a slide shaped like Grimace.
In other awesome statue news:
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As if Wisconsin needed another reason to be made fun of…
I thought "Bronze the Fonz" was something I do in the privacy of my own bathroom or front seat.
In other news, Bristol, CT has commissioned a sculpture of Dana Jacobsen drinking straight from Belvidere bottle.
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Woudn't it have been easier to just bronze the carcass? Hey, if it works for baby shoes and Jenna Jameson's labia why not a dead horse.
devang, i usually dont find dana jacobsen at all attractive, but that pic was almost like porn to me.
i love drunk sluts.
HHY-Is there any other type to love?
Up next for him: a statue of me pissing on the dead bodies of the cast of Entourage.
Amen to that. TV hasn't seen a bigger group of smug assholes since the 1986 Mets.
Somebody linked to that deer fucking statue last time around.
Speaking of Dana Jacobsen, she does not approve of this artist sculpting the death of her brother.
@Enrico:
Speaking of
Dana JacobsenAmanda Beard, she does not approve of this artist sculpting the death of her brother./fixed
If you want to have a "Horse-Off" between Beard and Jacobsen, I'll take Jacobsen any fucking day of the week.
//unfix that shit!!!