'Octomom' art installation has Whittier talking
Back in February, the world's media converged on Whittier hoping to get a glimpse of octuplets mother Nadya Suleman and her 14 children.
The press moved on when Suleman took a home in nearby La Habra. But the legacy of "Octomom" lives on at the Gold Mine VW Auto Parts building along Pickering Avenue in Whittier.
There, drivers can’t help but chuckle at a display owners Ralph and Diva Chase have set up. Mounted on the wall of the building is half a grabber-blue 1969 Volkswagen Beetle. Inside, a black-hair mannequin -- respectfully named Teri, not Nadya -- is sitting with her legs crossed and is surrounded by babies. A box of diapers sits on the bug’s roof.
Ralph Chase said his 22-year-old niece, Jenna White, put the display together, meant as a tribute to Suleman and her mark on Whittier. “She’s Teri’s stylist,” he joked.
They sometimes change Teri's clothes to freshen her look, and some people have come by to donate clothes for the display.
Chase said that the display had slowed traffic and that a few customers had inquired about the installation. He said he had not heard from the Sulemans.
This is not the only piece of Octomom art. "Octomom: The Musical" is supposed to debut soon. The show include a scenes between Octomom and her doctor, in which she ponders during a moment of weakness, "I need the man, and not the seed."
-- Ruben Vives in Whittier
Photo credits: top, Ruben Vives / Los Angeles Times; bottom, NBC News
Woo woo Whittier in the house!!!!!
Posted by: Pablo | June 24, 2009 at 03:13 PM
Why are stories about this pig still in the news? And this is OLD news.
Posted by: Poucette | June 24, 2009 at 03:55 PM
;Show me a single mom and I'll show you a parasite draining the system. Single moms somehow feel they can breed all they want and our (sick) society rewards them for their behavior with programs such as WIC,foodstamps,Medicaid,etc.Single moms somehow have the narcissistic assumption that one is "entitled" to "the experience" of childbearing
Posted by: Joe | June 24, 2009 at 04:04 PM
wow. lol
Posted by: Turgay HALVALI | June 24, 2009 at 04:28 PM
Very clever! I think I need to take a drive to Whittier just to check this out.
Posted by: Pam | June 24, 2009 at 04:37 PM
I drive by this everyday. I have always thought it was a cool display. Very funny. Plus very cool air cooled VW's parked outside.
Posted by: S to the T | June 24, 2009 at 05:04 PM
And as odd a piece of random art that is, tell me again, why do we care about octomom?
Whittier. *sigh*
Posted by: Gabriel R. | June 24, 2009 at 07:12 PM
please give this a rest. Why is this even news? (and why am I even commenting it?)
Posted by: David in Los Angeles | June 24, 2009 at 08:01 PM
Nadya,Nadya,Nadya... the never ending saga (thanks 2 the media). What about those poor kids.
-sonia
Posted by: SoniaV | June 24, 2009 at 08:35 PM
Love it.
Posted by: Inland Empire | June 25, 2009 at 06:49 AM