Absent Bodies

The actual posmodern society through mass media, creates an endless cicle of deception and frustration in today's women. A war against the weighing balance and the mirror, that ties women to a fantasy ideal of a body and a poor body image.

In this project I wish to speak about the bodies that have been excluded in the present cultural-historic moment. Absent bodies, because they're not represented and are excluded, in a society where all the present bodies have to correspond to the homogeneus model promoted by the media. Bodies like mine, that are out of the beauty and health norms of society.

Through watercolors and self-portrait as an expressive tool, I wish to expose my body in different situations of passive frustration, when I encounter myself with the fashion industry; where my body is absent in its size and design rank.

Technical Description:
3 life-size paintings of aproximately 210cm (6.8 feet) high by 240cm (7.8 feet) wide, made with watercolors on Fabrianno watercolor paper. Acompanied by a set of three paper dolls with respective outfits of 35cm (13 inches) high by 20cm (7 inches) wide, also done with watercolors and collage on Fabrianno watercolor paper.