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It's Saint Gaga! Artist creates statue of Lady Gaga drenched in oil.
She's known for her over the top, fabulous costumes and eccentric style.
And now Lady Gaga has been immortalised as a nude statue by artist Daniel Edwards.
His statue of the singer is called Patron Saint of the Gulf, and depicts her as a modern day Saint Francis of Assisi.
Immortalized for ever: Daniel Edwards created this statue of Lady Gaga called Patron Saint of the Gulf, depicting her as a 'modern day Saint Francis of Assisi
In the statue, Gaga is drenched in black oil and holding dying octopi, angry frogs and a struggling pelican.
She is stood on top of the BP corporate logo and is covered in oil collected by Edwards during the infamous oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
Edwards' spokesman Cory Allen says: 'The comparisons between Lady Gaga and Saint Francis can be uncanny.
'Lady Gaga is often depicted with animal imagery, much like Saint Francis, the son of a wealthy fashion merchant, who was also known for his fondness of flamboyant apparel.'
Kindered spirits: Edwards' spokesman says: 'The similarities between Lady Gaga and Saint Francis of Assisi can be uncanny
The statue will go on display at the IAO Gallery in Oklahoma City on December 15.
Edwards has expressed his wish to eventually deliver it to the BP headquarters in London.
Meanwhile Lady Gaga recently took part in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.
Cooper revealed he and the pop star drank Irish whisky while they talked, with Gaga getting him so drunk during one meeting he actually struggled to do his job.
He says: 'I was really interested to meet Lady Gaga. She's obviously a fascinating person. We actually ended up [one] day in a pub in London drinking Jameson, which I don't really drink.
Spitting image! Saint Francis of Assisi was a Catholic friar and preacher born in Issisi, Italy in 1181
'So, she got me to drink like two of them, and by the end I was ready to have the interview be over because I really sort of couldn't ask any more questions.'
And the 'Silver Fox' of CNN said he found the singer fascinating.
He says: 'To be able to spend a couple of weekends with her in various places over the course of several months, it's really cool. I'm learning stuff about her I never saw before.'
Drinking buddies: Journalist Anderson Cooper posted a picture on Twitter of him posing with Lady Gaga in Milan for his upcoming 60 Minutes interview.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1336347/Lady-Gaga-immortalized-statue-depicts-Saint-Francis-Assisi.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usurper
A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy.[1][2] In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as one's own.[3] Usurpers can rise to power in a region by often unexpected physical force, as well as through political influence and deceit.[4]
Etymology
The word originally came from the Latin word usurpare (“to seize", "to take forcefully" or "to use”).[5]