September 25, 2010: Yes, Sir, That's Mueck's Baby ...

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But whatever you do, don't put a picture of it on a bus in Calgary.

Calgary Transit has rejected a Glenbow Museum advertising campaign showing a sculpture of a naked newborn baby.

Senior managers made the decision after reviewing a photo of the sculpture, said spokeswoman Theresa Keddy.

(article from CBC)

Calgary Transit did offer a compromise. You can put a picture of a bloody, naked, pretend baby on a bus, but only above the pupik.

If you don't know what is a pupik, ask richlevy or consult your copy of Leo Rosten's The Joys of Yiddish.

What I thought was particularly interesting about this series of photos is that it's showing what you don't usually see ... the installation of the piece.

Plastic wrap is not a toy.

We've featured Ron Mueck's work before as an IOTD, back in 2004. I don't think that piece is quite as exciting. There's something disturbing about a wrinkly, bloody, just extruded baby girl.

Someday she will be a teenager and will do things like asking for the car keys or going on dates. With boys.