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July 09, 2007

Perceptions: 2007 Venice Art Biennale

Andras_kallai_fat_barbie_2006_terra

Andras Kallai. Fat Barbie. 2006.

Terracotta, plastic.

More on the current Venice Biennale here, here, and here.

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Posted by: rino corda | Jul 10, 2007 7:28:52 PM

dats gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: cinthya | Feb 10, 2008 2:45:50 PM

ano yan?

Posted by: honey | Feb 15, 2008 12:45:50 AM

omg!!!

Posted by: madelin | Feb 19, 2008 8:17:41 PM

omg id love to meet her in the bedroom lol onlii joke my frend josh would like to though
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Posted by: megii | Mar 5, 2008 5:53:03 AM

it burns!!!

Posted by: eeek!! | Mar 10, 2008 2:15:22 AM

I think this (along with the stupid comments people have left) shows how messed up the world really is. No one would want a fat Barbie. It helps prove how image obsessed this world really is!

Posted by: Georgiie | Mar 11, 2008 3:22:28 PM

I don't know. To neolithic hunters she would be really hot, as evidenced by Venus of Willendorf from about 23,000 years ago. I must say, though, I think the Barbie doll school of contemporary art is getting really, really tired.

Posted by: Jared | Mar 11, 2008 3:34:01 PM

OMG How could you do something like that?

Your so sick

I mean really SICK

I love barbies i look up to her so badly.

SHE IS MY ROLE MODEL AND YOU GO AND ABUSE HER YOU SICK SICK PEOPLE.


How can you do such a thing.

What do you mean what has this world came to I am sweet 16, 5,4ft clothes size 0 and blonde hair.

I aspire to be her


BarbieLover


P.s I love Ken

Posted by: BarbieLover | Mar 12, 2008 10:56:12 AM

Wow, what a statement. But we don't think beautiful when we see fat, do we? Or graceful? I don't think we know the meaning of the word. And for all ya'll saying 'OMG' get a life. If you have the time of day to comment on art then you have time to spell everything out.

Posted by: mkthpn | Mar 12, 2008 10:01:37 PM

I think this artwork is an amazing depiction of the image society has given us and that we like sheep have just excepted and followed just because because your beautifulk on the outside doesn't mean your beautiful onb the inside. beauty is an all round thing. It is amazing how many women put themselves through hell to look like BARBIE. It is also amazing how this image is forced on children from age five... now that's what is sick not this artwork society.

Posted by: janjan | Mar 16, 2008 10:56:25 AM

i may say that is terrifying but i do like what it stands for lol.
barbie is far to skinny and is inprinting in young girls minds that riddulasly thin is good which is very very bad
i hate barbies personal lol i find this quite gross but oddly amusing.

Posted by: gallo | Mar 23, 2008 8:24:34 PM

she looks so ugly she looks fat and she is she is overwaited contsapated

Posted by: julia | Mar 24, 2008 12:16:14 PM

I view this barbie as our society to day, as i agree with most of the other comments below. Todays generation is over redunant with the popularity and that being "skinny" is considered "perfect"- that is false beyond belief. The other comments on here only go to show how drasticly pretentious the world is today, and i'm kind of sad for having to be a part of it...... :(

would'nt you agree ?

Posted by: hateyourself | Mar 28, 2008 2:44:07 PM

OMG shes fat.But its art and art is allways different so just be cool with that P.S weres her arms
xx

Posted by: barbiex-x | Apr 3, 2008 4:56:04 AM

omfg . hillarious . ii used to love barbie but thats funny .

Posted by: (; luciewatkins .# | Apr 27, 2008 7:40:53 AM

For all of the people that are trying to justify obesity, you need to loose weight (for your health, not your image). Most of the people justifying the obesity are the ones who cannot spell correctly. Proofread anyone? People don't need to be skinny for appearance, they don't need to be obese so they don't get diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis and conjestive heart failure. Quit trying to make excuses for the thirty cheeseburgers you inhaled at lunch!

Posted by: Kat | Apr 30, 2008 5:06:30 AM

tsk tsk you can see her muff tsk tsk

Posted by: Leezyverpunk | May 2, 2008 7:45:57 AM

Look guys. Why is everyone freaking out? Barbie is cool. If people wanna be thin or fat it is their choice. It is when we impose our will on others, that the world becomes a cruel place. If everyone would have smoked a small joint before they read this, I doubt the comments would be as judgemental. BASICALLY, WHO GIVES A FUCK. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. Smoke up and you will see that Barbie is a government issued ploy to get the younger children of the 1950s to not end up like the older Rockabilly loving "DELINQUENTS". Anyway Barbie exists, fat people exist, thin people exist and unfortunately the government exists. We need to deal with it or REBEL...

Posted by: ftgftp | May 11, 2008 2:09:59 PM

thats fuckin nasty not sayn
that barbie have to be skinney but it should be a good kinda fat not this shit

Posted by: stop tis not art | May 17, 2008 3:33:51 PM

Barbie was made by a man who designed military weapons.

Posted by: Pickupabook | May 20, 2008 7:51:59 PM

No, Dat's not gross. It's grosse.

Posted by: cynthiaNot | May 28, 2008 9:02:36 AM

well....it's better 4 her to be like that instead of looking like the skeleton from biology class isn't it?

Posted by: blah | Jun 3, 2008 12:52:05 PM

I love her pussy

Posted by: mgmd | Jul 29, 2008 5:24:18 PM

I love her pussy

Posted by: mgmd | Jul 29, 2008 5:26:05 PM

I dont get it...is it supposed to represent something? why is barbie so fat?

Posted by: Lil_Washu | Aug 4, 2008 10:07:54 PM

uhhh one more thing...Barbie lover up there...get a life honneey, shes a plastic doll..mkk?

Posted by: Lil_Washu | Aug 4, 2008 10:09:38 PM

2 years
i like Barbie's hair nd her eyes !!

Posted by: Safa | Aug 8, 2008 5:48:45 AM

I get this completely. I didn't think it needed any explaining. It's obviously a statement about society...and if you aren't able to swallow any macabre images, get ready to be fucked in life.

Posted by: Nicolette | Aug 22, 2008 2:45:03 AM

OMG! fucking disgusting. the fucking creator made the women parts noticeable WTF? THATS fucking disgusting. Peace.

Posted by: LB+&SJ | Sep 2, 2008 12:33:47 PM

thats sick!! but its like a sumo restler!!

Posted by: she man barbie hater!! | Sep 11, 2008 9:00:06 PM

hahaha cguro cinnamon roll
yan lolz....kakadiri naman
pre! pero magaling pagkakagawa
ha infairness lolz....
very artistic XD!

Posted by: *flipazngurl* | Sep 20, 2008 9:25:33 PM

ohhhh...isnt that hott!!!!! id tap that!!jk

Posted by: jaz stoican | Sep 27, 2008 9:03:38 PM

A wondrous new phylum of 3QD commenters comes out of the bushes to make themselves heard.

Posted by: Steven Augustine | Sep 28, 2008 4:48:43 AM

art

Posted by: bitchy | Sep 28, 2008 5:20:40 PM

I think that this art is groovy.. Obviously the srtist was just trying to provoke and by god he has! So many peoples' insecurities/prejudices have come through in this discussion, whether they are trying to justify morbid obesity or superficiality. I thinkm it's awesome that sucha basic idea has created this much discussion.

Posted by: whatISperfect | Sep 30, 2008 9:02:37 PM

amazing she's so pretty!

Posted by: DWRG | Oct 22, 2008 1:04:59 PM

All of you with a fat phobia need to get over it already. I happen to like fat women. They are much more attractive to me than their stick figure counter parts.

Posted by: Frank | Oct 22, 2008 6:12:31 PM

I think like stated this just shows how the media portrays barbie as a woman with perfect dimensions, and here is one everyone laughs at. I think it looks beutiful, i don't judge.

Posted by: Courtney | Oct 23, 2008 12:33:44 PM

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or at least that could be what this appropriation of the Venus of Willendorf is on about (lol that's why she has no arms btw). But also there has to be a limit...at some point being large is just unhealthy. Ditto being too thin for all you politically correct types :P

Posted by: Frannie | Oct 27, 2008 7:09:06 AM

why is it naked and that is gross omg like people need to get a life!!!

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Posted by: lilian | Nov 8, 2008 9:21:02 AM

omfg she so fit oj

Posted by: dan | Dec 3, 2008 10:23:28 AM

well...
i get your point
but come on..she doesnt have to be THAT big.
she should have a little stomach...
not this muchh.
woww

Posted by: alyssaaa | Dec 8, 2008 9:32:24 PM

ang sexy naman joke lang.......!!

Posted by: camille | Dec 9, 2008 5:49:30 AM

those bangers are like mugumba wow so horny

Posted by: B.A.S.T.A.R.D | Jan 17, 2009 12:57:06 PM

It's not sick, and it's not photo shop, I saw one comment which said as much

This is speaking without words. Girls don't have to be stick-thin to be beautiful.

Beauty comes from the inside you could have the body of a regular Barbie and be the most ugly person in the world because of your personality.

On the other end, you could have the body of this peice of artwork and be the most beautiful person in theworld, also because of your personality

Posted by: Rebecca | Mar 18, 2009 4:20:45 PM

l

Posted by: sinead conlon | Oct 3, 2009 11:49:54 AM

omfg

Posted by: dsdsd | Oct 7, 2009 12:01:31 PM

omg people, are u so stupid as u seem to be? O_o

Posted by: Mika | Nov 21, 2009 6:15:59 PM

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