After speaking to Þórður about Albritton’s work, they suggested holding an exhibition at the museum, and eventually, Albritton decided to donate the Hendrix. The idea to display Albritton’s work at the Phallological Museum didn’t come from the artist herself, says director Þórður Ólafur Þórðarson, but rather, her neighbours and close friends, a couple who visited the museum around Christmas. It is with feelings of sadness and pride, that The Phallological Museum announces that prior to passing, Cynthia ʹPlaster Casterʹ Albritton, decided to donate to the museum with one of a few casts of Jimi Hendrix. ![]() Hendrix phallus cast to The Icelandic Phallological Museum. She claimed not to have a favourite cast, but remarked in a 1995 interview with The Evening Standard that “other people are most interested in the Hendrix,” which was also sometimes stylized as “the Penis de Milo.” The project started as an art class assignment at the University of Illinois, continued as “a great ruse to divert rock stars from the other girls,” and eventually, Albritton said, became “an art form,” something she took seriously, despite the inherent absurdity. She also eventually added rock and roll breasts to her repertoire. Albritton bequeathed the cast to the museum prior to her death at the age of 74 last month.Īlbritton was better known as “Plaster Caster,” a nickname immortalized in a Kiss song of the same name, and made casts of almost 50 phalluses, most belonging to rock musicians. RÚV reports that the cast was made by visual artist Cynthia Albritton in 1986, two years before Hendrix’s death. The Icelandic Phallological Museum will soon add a new artifact to its extensive collection: a plaster cast of legendary American guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s penis.
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