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Posted: Thursday, 15 May 2008 8:53AM

Oprah Winfrey Depicted with Late Dogs in Puppies' Memorial

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NEW YORK (WBBM) - An exhibit dedicated to the memory of Oprah Winfrey's late dogs opens at a Manhattan art gallery this month. The organizers say the purpose is to promote pet safety awareness.

A life-size monument depicts "puppy versions" of Oprah's Cocker Spaniel Sophie and Golden Labrador Gracie atop the head of the talk show host by sculptor Daniel Edwards. The Puppies' Memorial will be exhibited at a Manhattan gallery on May 22nd.

"Memories of Sophie and Gracie: A Puppies' Memorial" is inspired by the Oprah press releases that announced the passing of Gracie, who choked on a ball last year, and the passing of Sophie, who died in March, according to a press release for the Leo Kesting Gallery.

The artist depicts the dogs as conjoined at the hip and sharing a common tail, shown standing on the "flowing-maned golden likeness of Oprah's head, in reference to how the dogs' deaths may be weighing heavily on Winfrey's mind," according to the release.

"Sophie's kidney failure may have resulted from natural causes, but we hope the Puppies' Memorial will remind everyone that Gracie's choking could have been prevented," says gallery co-director David Kesting.

On the Net: www.leokesting.com/

05/15/2008 8:03AM

What do you think of the memorial sculpture?

Share your thoughts.

05/15/2008 10:57AM

Memorial Sculpture

It is the silliest thing I have ever seen!

05/15/2008 11:11AM

Eww!

When you apparently have too much money on your hands, you do silly stuff like that!

05/15/2008 11:12AM

What?

I don't see pet safety awareness? Do you?

05/15/2008 11:17AM

AMEN!

Nothing bad can be said about an animal lover!

05/15/2008 11:20AM

BAD FORM

DID OPRAH APPROVE THAT?

05/15/2008 11:31AM

This is special!!

I think that this represents that love we have for our animals. I think it should be baptised by the Pope and sent to the White House for display of affection in the ridicule affects we see in the prodominate ways of the polgamist's sector of passion inthe house of no evil.

05/15/2008 11:33AM

YIKES!

Is this a joke or to be placed in King Tut's tomb?

05/15/2008 12:07PM

stupid

05/15/2008 12:19PM

SAD

Donate the money to an animal hospital!

05/15/2008 1:07PM

Strange

It's amazing what people will do to grab more attention!

05/15/2008 1:40PM

Lets place our attention on the GAS!!!!!!!!

05/15/2008 1:42PM

ugly

I like her golden bags under her eyes. Classy.

05/15/2008 2:03PM

can you say "loone tunes"?

05/15/2008 2:05PM

dude

this getto welfare queen with money thinks she's some type of queen other then a getto rat she seems to be trying to make her look important....would someone tell her she's just a overpaid bimbo who is so fat her @ss has it's own moon

05/15/2008 2:26PM

Unreal

are you serious?

05/15/2008 2:42PM

Screw Gas!

We are having this dumb gas problem, bc idiots back in the 90's decided to start buying BIG SUV's, because "oh no, we maybe in a car accident and that big SUV will save me bc I am so special". All you who bought SUV's, I laugh at you on the road, your what we call TOOLS!!

05/15/2008 4:16PM

peace

Do you think she's way too much into herself herself?? What a Loser!

05/15/2008 4:53PM

What the??

nuff said

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