Comments on: Axis of Fat People in Art http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html Fatting all over the place and looking fancy all the while. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Melissa Maples http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-616 Melissa Maples Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:07:07 +0000 http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html#comment-616 Ah, I only ever find these kinds of things through you! Moar of this plz. Regular weekly art finds. Ah, I only ever find these kinds of things through you! Moar of this plz. Regular weekly art finds.

]]> By: Cyn http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-618 Cyn Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:22:34 +0000 http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html#comment-618 *sculptor. Sorry, got a bit carried away because I'm such an artphag :D *sculptor. Sorry, got a bit carried away because I'm such an artphag :D

]]> By: Cyn http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-617 Cyn Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:19:43 +0000 http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html#comment-617 This is lovely, Natalie. Thanks for sharing!<br><br>I have loads of favourite artists who include fat people in their work. One of them is Gaston Lachaise. He was a French sculpture who did all these massive, fleshy bronze women and men in the sexiest way possible. It makes you want to touch them and caress them when you see them live. Everyone is like "WOW FERNANDO BOTERO AND HIS FAT PEOPLE", but I don't like him one bit because it's all very kitschy and almost as a joke. Gaston Lachaise achieved what he never will.<br><br>Other faves are the old school, usual ones: Rubens, Titian (from the time he had a fat girlfriend), the sybilles from Michaelangelo's Sixtine Chapel. Artemisia Gentileschi's selfportraits, because she was a fat feminist artist (even if the horrible biopic shows otherwise) and she portrayed herself as Judith beheading Holophernes and being motherfucking badass. From the new-ish ones, there's also Jenny Saville (see the cover of Manic Street Preachers' Holy Bible) and Lucien Freud (he paints people of all sizes, in the fleshiest in-yer-face ways).<br><br>There's this book on fat girls in art that is called Zaftig: The Case for Curves, by Edward St. Page. I just ordered it last Thursday and it's now on its way. We'll see how it is when it gets home! This is lovely, Natalie. Thanks for sharing!

I have loads of favourite artists who include fat people in their work. One of them is Gaston Lachaise. He was a French sculpture who did all these massive, fleshy bronze women and men in the sexiest way possible. It makes you want to touch them and caress them when you see them live. Everyone is like “WOW FERNANDO BOTERO AND HIS FAT PEOPLE”, but I don't like him one bit because it's all very kitschy and almost as a joke. Gaston Lachaise achieved what he never will.

Other faves are the old school, usual ones: Rubens, Titian (from the time he had a fat girlfriend), the sybilles from Michaelangelo's Sixtine Chapel. Artemisia Gentileschi's selfportraits, because she was a fat feminist artist (even if the horrible biopic shows otherwise) and she portrayed herself as Judith beheading Holophernes and being motherfucking badass. From the new-ish ones, there's also Jenny Saville (see the cover of Manic Street Preachers' Holy Bible) and Lucien Freud (he paints people of all sizes, in the fleshiest in-yer-face ways).

There's this book on fat girls in art that is called Zaftig: The Case for Curves, by Edward St. Page. I just ordered it last Thursday and it's now on its way. We'll see how it is when it gets home!

]]> By: sandra http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-619 sandra Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:33:38 +0000 http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html#comment-619 love these!! love these!!

]]> By: men_in_full http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-620 men_in_full Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:01:19 +0000 http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html#comment-620 I especially like the third one from the top. <br><br>Have you happened to see any of fat men over there? I especially like the third one from the top.

Have you happened to see any of fat men over there?

]]> By: Frances http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-621 Frances Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:59:43 +0000 http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html#comment-621 Whoa, I like 'Play Nice'. I like it a lot. Whoa, I like 'Play Nice'. I like it a lot.

]]> By: 1Sonya1 http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-622 1Sonya1 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:22:12 +0000 http://www.axisoffat.com/2009/09/axis-of-fat-people-in-art.html#comment-622 Links! Oh man, I can't remember her username on Etsy. I did a post on No More Mumus about Aussie Etsy users, but not specifically clothing. I think the person's name was ... Peta Pledger? Something like that.<br><br>Loving Paul Vanzella's work! It's hot. And of course, yours. :D Links! Oh man, I can't remember her username on Etsy. I did a post on No More Mumus about Aussie Etsy users, but not specifically clothing. I think the person's name was … Peta Pledger? Something like that.

Loving Paul Vanzella's work! It's hot. And of course, yours. :D

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