Fatness and Visual Culture: A Brief Look at Some Contemporary Projects

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The production of visual representations of fatness and fat people is an important concrete and symbolic step toward fat liberation. There is currently a relative lack of critical and historical writings on fat art, or art with a fat-positive viewpoint. This article hopes to begin to rectify this situation by examining recent artwork created by five artists that challenge the idea of fatness as problematic and fat bodies as unsightly and unworthy of being seen in contemporary western culture. The artworks examined within reconfigure the visual culture of fat female bodies in humorous, cynical, joyful, and, above all, innovative ways that push viewers from multiple vantage points to think critically about social constructions of the fat body.View full textDownload full textKeywordsfat, art, art history, visual culture, women, bodiesRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2012.632725