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Superfat

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Brooklyn Fire Proof (Richardson)
101 Richardson Street, between Leonard St. and Meeker Ave., 718-302-4702
Williamburg
September 9 - October 9, 2005
Reception: Friday, September 9, 7 - 10 PM
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Featuring: Monica Abend, Nayland Blake, Patty Chang, John J. O’Connor, Don Doe, James Gobel, Jeph Gurecka, LA Raeven, Martha Rosler and Erwin Wurm.

Curated by Joshua Altman.

Superfat addresses the performative and sculptural qualities of fat, oral fixation, hunger, body transformation and the human body as sculptural material. In addition, the exhibition investigates the state of weight-loss economics and the “American fat phenomenon,” as manifest by the bombardment of network shows highlighting severe cosmetic and psychological transformations – “makeovers” – that act to quantify the widespread obsession with drastically altering personal appearance through invasive surgical and psychological techniques.

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