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moment
925 silver (recycled) | 17 x 17 x 23 mm | 2009, unique piece
ideal?
Body ideals are socially constructed. We make our own rules of beauty. Thin or toned bodies are often portrayed as the norm and the ideal, even though the majority of real bodies do not fit this description at all. This can lead to discrimination and mental health issues. Female bodies and those perceived as female are often judged particularly harshly.
The fact that our current (Western) ideals of beauty are not universally applicable is illustrated, for example, by looking at Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty, at various points in art history:
Venus of Willendorf, c. 25,000 BC, Vienna, Natural History Museum
Venus de Milo, 2nd century BC, Paris, Musée du Louvre
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (detail), c. 1482, Florence, Uffizi Gallery
notes on the miniature
The moment the two joggers meet reflects a diversity of body concepts. The model figures in H0 (1:87) depict what is considered ‘normal’ and ‘proper’. This, however, has nothing to do with the real world. For instance, there are rarely overweight women, and if there are, they are marked as older by their clothing and demeanour, whilst women who appear younger are allowed to make running movements. I took the younger-looking plastic figure of a jogger and modelled her with more muscle mass, fuller breasts and a confident gait. Another jogging figure turns towards the first one as she runs.
Plastic model of the jogger, injection-moulded model, scale H0 (1:87)
Anyone can jog however they like!
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