Pascal Podwojewski from France said he doesn’t think “history will remember the size of (Hendrix’s) penis, his music will be remembered more. Albritton donated her 1968 plaster cast of Jimi Hendrixs erect penis to. “It’s funny,” British tourist Steven Warren said of the object. Cynthia Plaster Caster was an American visual artist and self-described recovering groupie. Museum visitors’ reactions to the Hendrix sculpture were mixed. The cast of his penis is “definitely one of our most treasured pieces,” Phallus Museum deputy curator Thordur Olafur Thordarson told AFP. Known for songs like “Foxy Lady” and “Hey Joe,” Hendrix died of an overdose in 1970 at the age of 27. According to a certificate of authenticity, the exhibit is a replica of an original cast from 1968. Among the better known are Noel Redding (JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE), Wayne Kramer (MC5), Jello Biafra (DEAD KENNEDYS) and Richard Lloyd (TELEVISION). Plaster Caster is a potrait of Cynthia Plaster Caster, famous for making moulds of the genitalia of rock stars such as Jimi Hendrix, Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, Jello Biafra and. Replica of an original printĪlbittron had promised the Phallus Museum the cast of Hendrix’s penis before her death. The Caster Collection is not loaded with big-name members. Among the most famous exhibits in the museum are the bronzes of the genitals of the entire handball team that won silver for Iceland at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The Icelandic Phallus Museum in Reykjavik has around 400 objects on display, some of which are curious, including the sex organs of whales and the genitals of a raccoon. The artwork was created by artist Cynthia “Plaster Caster” Albittron, who died this year and made casts of the penises of around 50 rock stars. The Icelandic Phallus Museum has gained an infamous work of art: As of this month, visitors can marvel at a plaster cast of rock legend Jimi Hendrix’s erect penis.
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