Artist gauri mix media work

                                                                                   

        Artist- gauri

        Medium- mix media

        Year   -2019

        Size- half imperial

Description- 

We are programmed to tell each other we’re not fat, because to many fat is the worst thing you can be. Society has turned fat into a synonym for ugly, but fat just means fat. Like when I say I am fat I happen to use this word as a self-descriptor. And I don’t say it to put myself down. And certainly don’t say it in hopes someone will say “oh no, you’re not fat” but most of the times people say in a manner so that they can put me down. Why it is about putting someone down or about given someone condolence oh no you are not, because no one says to a tall person. “You’re not tall.” Because tall is not a dirty word. I am 5-ft-6 so I call myself tall. I am not married so I call myself bachelor. I am overweight so I call myself fat. And I am beautiful and cute too so I call myself beautiful and I‘m all of those things at once. I aim to detach the body and women from ‘cover girl’ perfection and the usual stereotypes and find the beauty of the person who lies beneath the skin, not the judged surface appearance. So my art work is all about body shaming. I truly think that inside of an individual is much more complex and layered so I am presenting the internal beauty and complexity as a surface treatment.

e are programmed to tell each other we’re not fat, because to many fat is the worst thing you can be. Society has turned fat into a synonym for ugly, but fat just means fat. Like when I say I am fat I happen to use this word as a self-descriptor. And I don’t say it to put myself down. And certainly don’t say it in hopes someone will say “oh no, you’re not fat” but most of the times people say in a manner so that they can put me down. Why it is about putting someone down or about given someone condolence oh no you are not, because no one says to a tall person. “You’re not tall.” Because tall is not a dirty word. I am 5-ft-6 so I call myself tall. I am not married so I call myself bachelor. I am overweight so I call myself fat. And I am beautiful and cute too so I call myself beautiful and I‘m all of those things at once. I aim to detach the body and women from ‘cover girl’ perfection and the usual stereotypes and find the beauty of the person who lies beneath the skin, not the judged surface appearance. So my art work is all about body shaming. I truly think that inside of an individual is much more complex and layered so I am presenting the internal beauty and complexity as a surface treatment.