Not exact matches
I have struggled
with my
body for years and
ever since I found you, I have been rethinking my whole
image philosophy.
I am now actively struggling
with my
body image for the first time
ever in my life, and wow, does that suck.
Please listen to this podcast if you are struggling or have
ever struggled
with weight,
body image, or food at any point in your life.
As negative
body images increase and healthy relationships
with our
bodies decrease, it's more important than
ever to remember all that you are capable of.
Recent work combines
images of transsexuals
with that of overtly sexual symbols: snakes, cacti and jellyfish amongst others, highlighting the
ever - present threat of commodification that commercial media brings to the human
body.
In so doing, his paintings are imbued
with a familiar range of adolescent impulses bound up in
ever - complicated politicized issues of sexual identity,
body image, competitive drive, and willingness to conform.
Presenting a painting from his well - known
body of work «Black Dada» as well as a work from a series layering text and
images on mirrored stainless steel, Adam Pendleton's works in this exhibition give material form to the artist's engagement
with a dynamic idea of history; one that is
ever mutable and reflective of subjective and infinite narrative potentials.
Both
images, so poignant
with their haunting, partially wrought
bodies, might make you wonder why artists
ever complete their paintings.