The late visual artist held her first plaster cast exhibition in New York City in 2000, and years later went on to showcase her work at MoMA PS1 in Queens. Her later career saw Albritton create plaster replicas of female artists’ breasts, with Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O, Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier, and Peaches among those to feature in the collection. Numerous failed attempts to regain the sculptures led to a court case, which resulted in Albritton getting all but three of the casts back. It includes the lyrics: “ The plaster’s gettin’ harder and my love is perfection/ A token of my love for her collection.”ĭespite endorsing her unique craft, neither Zappa nor Simmons participated in a casting session themselves.Īfter Albritton moved to Los Angeles, her apartment was broken into in 1971 she and Zappa then entrusted over two-dozen casts to the latter’s legal partner Herb Cohen for safekeeping, but he kept a hold of them for longer than intended. Later, Frank Zappa became a fan of Albritton’s work and Gene Simmons wrote a track titled ‘Plaster Caster’ for KISS‘ 1977 album ‘Love Gun’. He doesn’t have to prove anything to the world.” After we did the the photo session at her home in Chicago she invited me back to become part of her Rock & Roll "private collection".□□□ /BnprCUpl4H- MickHutsonPhoto April 22, 2022Īlbritton continued: “Wayne is perfectly aware of what he’s got. She was very serious about her art of the rock star private parts. It set before he could push his dick all the way into the mold–only the head got in.”Ĭynthia "Plaster Caster" died at the age of 74 today on April 21, 2022. “And if you mix it the wrong way it sets prematurely. “He got the container that wasn’t designed to mix alginates in,” she told The Chicago Reader in 2002. However, the model of Kramer’s penis didn’t turn out as Albritton had planned. Then, in ’69, the visual artist cast two members of the MC5: Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson.
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