Cynthia Albritton, a.k.a. Cynthia Plaster Caster, Artist and ‘Recovering Groupie,’ Dies at 74
variety.comJem Aswad Senior Music EditorCynthia Albritton, a.k.a. Cynthia Plaster Caster, the legendary artist and “recovering groupie” renowned for the plaster casts she took of many top musicians’ erect penises and other body parts, has died after a long illness, her rep confirms to Variety.
She was 74.Her collection included Jimi Hendrix, Wayne Kramer of MC5, Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys as well as female breasts from the likes of Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab, Sally Timms of the Mekons, Peaches, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many others.
She later expanded her subjects to include filmmakers and other artists and eventually amassed a collection of 50 plaster phalluses.Born Cynthia Albritton on May 24, 1947, she began her plaster-casting rock career while living in Chicago in 1968.
After meeting Frank Zappa, who found her art concept both humorous and creative (although he did not participate), Albritton found in him something of a patron.
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