You may remember the work of our friend and contemporary artist Carlos Enriquez-Gonzalez. If you have been to our 350 Broadway store you might have even seen his “Vagina Lips Monster” in the display case. Carlos sent me photos of his new project this morning, and all I could say is “YES, FINALLY!”

Does this photo put it into a better perspective? Carlos’ “Magical Vagina” is over 9 ft tall! It is made of fiberglass and hand-painted. I think I am in love!

This is what Carlos had to say about this piece:

In the work “MAGICAL VAGINA” the artist intends to embody one of these ideas: vagina as the giver of life, a symbolic tunnel through which we can go from one world to another, birth, death, transformation.
In a world in which the culture of the phallic has been imposed and the vagina mistreated and denigrated to the point of being seen as something vulgar or pornographic, arises the proposal of its vindication to take her to the same level of equality with the phallic symbol, its encephalic body and its standing posture point out the thinking presence, that feels, that observes its surroundings with her attentive eye and wants to be acknowledged, respected, “the vagina life giver, powerful, exists, feels, wants to be loved without having to hide, enables rebirth, generates life. I intend the confrontation with the free spectator, give him something that invites him to reflect about the theme on how this feminine organ has been mistreated and denigrated, because the vagina can connect us with the most pure, powerful and mysterious forces of the universe, God present? The vagina has been wounded for a long time, “skimmed blood.”

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You can own your own “Magical Vagina” as it goes for auction at Phillips de Pury & Company in a ‘Latin America Contemporary Art Auction’ on October, 3rd.

Estimate is $12,000-$15,000 (Even though Carlos sent me a follow-up email telling me its actually $32,000!). That sounds like a great deal in my book! Congratulations on an amazing piece Carlos, now when do we get one for 350 Broadway?!

- Twerps!