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Six
Pack
Procedural art, 2006-2008
From the gaze of the "ideal man" in glossy
muscle magazines to strong man competitions
on cable to daily reminders in email in-boxes,
the message of just how inadequate the common
man is compared to "the other guys" is
a deeply rooted issue. Similar to objectification
of women in the media, men also are presented
with an archetype that is largely unattainable
but more importantly unnecessary. Does the
modern man need a rock hard stomach to be
accepted in our society, to be desired or
to gain success? Oddly enough
this concept of power and might continues
to be pushed onto males from age 6 and haunts
the male psyche for a lifetime.
Six Pack is reminiscent of the building of
muscle through the stringy drawing of statuesque
male torsos in an arrangement reflective
of the midsection itself. Although these
images are being revealed over time as idyllic,
they are sometimes exposed as less than perfect
via the control of the generative program
- in much the same way our consciousness
is controlled by the unwritten standards
of society - or the standards we think exist
through the influence of the media-marketing
machine.
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