The Weighty Body

About Thick, Thin, Perfect or Deranged

2/2011
THE WEIGHT BODY - GENT, MUSEUM DR. GUISLAIN - Fat or Thin, Vanity or Insanity. Catalogue. Gent/Leiden 2010. Einl. von Patrick Allegaert & Annemie Cailliau. 4to. 194120 meist farb., teils ganzseit. Abb., brosch. - Text in engl., franz. & niederl. Sprache.

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The catalogue depicts the fascinating way humans relate to their appearance. It follows a thread through the histoty of fasting. Why do people decide to stop eating? Are they motivated by personal, religious, or aesthetic reasons? When is the relationship with ones body disturbed? Are we today really in control of our own bodies? What is at the edge of beautiful: when does "perfect" become "sick" or "perturbed"?

Titel zum Thema:
HISTORY & NOSTALGIA  Ikono-Fasten  Ikono-Körper  Ikono-Medizin  Xgent  Xleiden