Cynthia Albritton, who famously worked with musicians and rockers to cast their phalluses, has died. She was 74.
A representative for Albritton, who was also known as the legendary Cynthia Plaster Caster, confirmed to Variety the tragic news. The source did not disclose further details about her passing, but they confirmed that Cynthia Albritton's cause of death was due to the long illness she had been enduring.
Her family is yet to release a statement to deliver the news about her passing to the public. But people who have seen her collaborative works with A-list musicians expressed their heartbreak online.
One said, "I'm sad to hear that Cynthia (Plaster Caster) Albritton has passed away. I first met her through a mutual friend about 25 years ago and then always added her to my guest list whenever Dave Davies played Chicago. She was (obviously) a fun person who will be missed."
Cynthia Albritton was one of those people that loomed so large as an icon, that when I finally got to meet her, I was amazed at how real she was.
— Jill Hopkins (@Jillhopkins) April 21, 2022
A sweet woman who loved music art, & her friends passionately, and who will always loom large to me.
Rest well, Ms. Plaster Caster.
What Did Cynthia Albritton Do to Musicians?
Many musicians grew closer to Albritton as she famously created plaster casts for their phalluses and other body parts.
Among the renowned singers and rockers she worked with include Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, Jimi Hendrix, and Wayne Kramer of MC5.
She also made casts for the chests of female stars, including Sally Timms of the Mekons and Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab, among others.
Aside from being a conceptual artist, she also lived to become a music fan.
She eventually scored Frank Zappa's attention. The "Dirty Love" hitmaker did not join the list of musicians who subjected themselves to Albritton's casting, but he ultimately became her patron.
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In 2000, Albritton held her first plaster cast exhibition in New York City, as reported by Pitchfork. She also made over 50 famous phalluses and added them to her collections.
Her works became an inspiration to other musicians, as well. In fact, she was immortalized in Kiss's hit song "Plaster Caster."
"Their human flaws make them kind of attractive," she told Lucretia Tye Jasmine in a 2018 interview. "I was shocked and delighted to find that they were as insecure as I was. That kind of made me see them in a different light...They're the same as us."
Albritton's conversation with GTOs was also included in the 1969 album, "Permanent Damage."
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