Britney Spears has her life turned into Art - with a capital A!

Poor, poor Britney. I know that some of you may point out that this sweaty, puffy, pill-popping mother of two deserves all she gets and has caused all her own recent problems, but I feel sorry for Britney. Well, she may be cheered up by the news that an art gallery is having an exhibition of paintings and sculpture devoted to our Britney.

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbatos, makers of the documentary "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" about former televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner as well as other films exploring fame, gathered paintings, sculpture and other work for "Just Britney," which opened at their gallery on Friday.

"We reached out to a number of artists and found Britney is such a polarizing character these days," said Steven Corfe, a co-curator of the show with Thairin Smothers.

"People absolutely adored her and wanted to celebrate her bubblegum, pop princess years. Or, they thought she was an irresponsible mother or wanted to play up the drug side of things," Corfe added. "The show reflects that whole spectrum."

Pieces range from a portrait of the 25-year-old singer, "Gum Blond XLVIII" by Jason Kronenwald, made of chewed bubble gum, to the 6-foot by 10-foot (1.8 by 3.0-metre) "Snake Charmer" by Jamie Boling, based on a paparazzi photo of Britney exiting a car with her skirt hiked up and no panties on.

Apparently, Britney has been invited by one of her back-up dancers but has yet to say whether or not she'll attend. Pity, can't you just see her flinging open the doors of the gallery and saying: "It's Britney, bitch!" Then again, having looked at some of this Art, maybe Britney ought to stay away. I mean, what's with this weird Pinocchio one? Kinda creeps me out..






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