Perceptions: 2007 Venice Art Biennale

Andras Kallai. Fat Barbie. 2006.

Terracotta, plastic.

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

Comments

[rino corda]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[cinthya]

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

[honey]

ano yan?

[madelin]

omg!!!

[megii]

omg id love to meet her in the bedroom lol onlii joke my frend josh would like to though
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[eeek!!]

it burns!!!

[Georgiie]

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!

[Jared]

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.

[BarbieLover]

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

[mkthpn]

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.

[janjan]

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.

[gallo]

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.

[julia]

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

[hateyourself]

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 ?

[barbiex-x]

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

[(; luciewatkins .#]

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

[Kat]

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!

[Leezyverpunk]

tsk tsk you can see her muff tsk tsk

[ftgftp]

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...

[stop tis not art]

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

[Pickupabook]

Barbie was made by a man who designed military weapons.

[cynthiaNot]

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

[blah]

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

[mgmd]

I love her pussy

[mgmd]

I love her pussy

[Lil_Washu]

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

[Lil_Washu]

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

[Safa]

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

[Nicolette]

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.

[LB+&SJ]

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

[she man barbie hater!!]

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

[*flipazngurl*]

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

[jaz stoican]

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

[Steven Augustine]

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

[bitchy]

art

[whatISperfect]

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.

[DWRG]

amazing she's so pretty!

[Frank]

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.

[Courtney]

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.

[Frannie]

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

[????????]

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

[lilian]

van puncia is!Faxa nincs?Bazhatnának!A a gyerünk!Utána::
ÁÁ jön a gyerek!Mindjárt!Ó nyomok!

[dan]

omfg she so fit oj

[alyssaaa]

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

[camille]

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

[B.A.S.T.A.R.D]

those bangers are like mugumba wow so horny

[Rebecca]

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

[sinead conlon]

l

[dsdsd]

omfg

[Mika]

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

[milene]

hey, you barbie lovers. If you go on barbie pictures you'll be able to see and compare the skinny barbie with the fat one. I haven't decided which one is prettier!!!

[Nicole]

Being overweight is more damaging and unhealthy than being a bit underweight. That said - I'm getting reeeally tired of people trying to defend obesity. It's pathetic. More people are heavily overweight than seriously underweight. So I don't understand how the one out of one hundred thousand people in America who died from being underweight shocks and disgusts so many. And the 1 out of 100 that die from obesity related causes seems to be okay? I think people are being wayyyyyy too sensitive with the fatties. Sure there are a VERY FEW fat people who are healthy - but the majority are just slobs... At least anorexics have some will power.

[krizzy]

omg thats rank!!!

[Alex]

i'm not a barbie lover, but i must agree with BarbieLover....thet's SICK......

[b.]

I love it. Are you selling it?

[pinkangelfire]

lol. this is a cool pic. many women - bigger women
have a body like this. and my boobs look like that. im
not obese. im not that big. i weigh about 160 pounds.
but yeah i do have big boobs that look like that. it
sucks. im hoping when i lose 30 pounds my boobs
will shrink. i hate how big they are. boobs shouldnt
hang low like that but it happens when u get fat. so
depressing. anyway id like to get a breast reduction
and a breast lift. then they would look good. right
now im at a 40 D. id like to be a size b or a small c. the
barbie pic is cool. it doesnt bother me cuz i can relate
to it. i do wish though that i looked like the original
barbie. id feel more attractive and confident. but its true
u can be confident and fat and still look pretty-
with clothes on.. but for me i dont feel pretty being
fat. so im going to lose weight and get down to 115
pounds. and not just to look good. to be healthy also.
if u are obese and look like this barbie then u should
want to try and be healthy. i dont support this look
but if anyone wants to look like this or doesnt care to
be this fat its their choose. im not goin to laugh and
make fun of anyone thats overweight or obese. no
one's body is perfect. i think we all have some flaws,
like skinny people get pimples too or have moles. so i
dont think there is such a thing as an exact barbie
look alike with no flaws whats so ever. i guess there
could be a few. but i really think everyone has
something wrong with them. anyway i think its more
important to be beautiful on the inside then beautiful
on the outside. after all beauty on the outside fades
with age. but inner beauty stays forever.

[amrutha]

i think the fat barbie is dumb . i mean she is a role model to me and other lovely and glam girls. iam inspired by her . the world is sick and so is the fat barbie

[god]

pinkangelfire, no one cares that you're fat. go exercise.

and yes, fat people are treated with kid gloves,because everyone is afraid of making one of them cry and then being accused of being shallow when in reality obesity is a disgusting problem that is due to laziness and a lack of control. not to mention the rest of the world lives on a handful of rice so we can sit on our asses and eat mcdonalds.

[austin veeneman]

i hate it when people post pictures of my wife!

[me]

I love the idea, and how exaggerated you made it