BRANGELINA FOREVER" INSPIRES HARMONY IN BEDROOM OF $500K HOME BUILT IN THEIR 'NAME'
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OKLAHOMA CITY (December 3, 2009) - Phantom-Financial announces the December unveiling of the sculpture of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in an amorous embrace by artist Daniel Edwards, just minutes from Brad Pitt's own birthplace in the Oklahoma City Metro area. The sculpture is part of the 4,000 Sq Ft, $500,000 house named "The Brangelina," by the Los Angeles artist known as Xvala. "Brangelina Forever," a life-size casting of Brad and Angelina in bed, making love Harlequin Romance-style, with a cooing dove perched on Brad's finger, is installed in the ceiling of the master bedroom to inspire a 'sexual healing' for the room's occupants. The statues are embedded with crushed glass containing Brad and Angie's DNA obtained from wine glasses from which they drank while reportedly celebrating the anniversary of their first meeting on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." "The 'Brangelina' sculpture is destined to exist forever, the way Brad and Angie's relationship will persist in peoples' memories. Theirs is the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton romance of our time," said publicist Cory Allen. "We began working on this project over two years ago, and the rumor was that I was working on a threesome sculpture of Angelina, Brad, and Jennifer. That could never happen. Angelina and Brad are too strong a force on their own," said artist Daniel Edwards. Inspired by Brad Pitt's mission to help rebuild houses in New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward after hurricane Katrina, the artist Xvala built "The Brangelina," a house which requests its future owners agree to extend 'Honorary Ownership' of their home to Pitt and Jolie, and to accommodate them every time they come to town to visit Pitt's grandmother. "I believe every home in America should become an 'honorary home' to our Superstars, in order to connect celebrities and regular people in spirit," said Xvala. The statue and the house are part of the documentary "Domestic Bliss: The Daniel Edwards/XVALA Project" by Oklahoma filmmaker Dave Smith and produced by Vacant Era Films, scheduled to premiere at The New York Academy of Art. A segment of the film has been posted on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl9FCWyRD3A The Brangelina will be on public view starting Wednesday December 16th at 11:00 AM in the Thornbrooke neighborhood of Edmond. For more info, contact Cory Allen at 405-201-3910 or visit www.phantom-financial.com Media Contact - Project Coordinator Click on each image to download hi-res photo:
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Domestic Bliss: The Daniel Edwards / XVALA Project
NUDE ANGELINA JOLIE PARKBENCH STATUE PROMOTES WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK
NEW YORK (July 29, 2009) – For World Breastfeeding Week, Phantom-Financial announces the unveiling of a life-size park bench sculpture of Angelina Jolie nude with her twin babies by New York artist Daniel Edwards just minutes from Brad Pitt’s own birthplace in the Oklahoma City Metro area in September before its Fall exhibition in London.
“Landmark for Breastfeeding,” inspired by last year’s cover of W magazine featuring Angelina Jolie suckling her baby, depicts a seated nude Jolie double-breastfeeding twins. The tranquil bronze statue demonstrates the “football-hold,” an accepted technique for breastfeeding two babies simultaneously.
In recognition of the global effort to encourage breastfeeding, one twin is depicted as being of African descent. Future castings of the statue will represent other world cultures through variations of the babies’ patina coloring.
“We believe the statue sends a beautiful message by promoting the acceptance of public breastfeeding. Mothers should be encouraged to nurture their babies anywhere,” said Sandy Wilson of Phantom-Financial.
“Hopefully, my sculpture inspires an increase of wetnurses to assist women who have concerns about mastitis, or passing HIV to their infant,” said artist Daniel Edwards in his Connecticut studio where the Jolie statue currently resides.
“La Leche League International and Loretta McCallister have been very helpful,” said project coordinator Cory Allen. “We are applying for approval to put ‘Landmark for Breastfeeding’ on permanent display in the Oklahoma City Metro area.”
The Jolie monument will be unveiled September 11th at MAINSITE Contemporary Art in Norman.
A cast of the sculpture is expected to be auctioned by Sotheby’s October 6th for The New York Academy of Art’s annual Take Home A Nude art auction, after being displayed at Holster Projects in London’s West End.
“Landmark for Breastfeeding,” a short film by independent filmmaker Dave Smith produced by Vacant Era Films has been posted on YouTube.
Edwards’s past works of celebrity motherhood include “Monument to Pro-Life,” featuring Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, and “Octomom: String of Babies.”
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