Anorexia
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Deadly diet… Click here to read…...
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The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed by Charles Dana Gibson. His illustrations became the first national standard for a feminine beauty She was tall, slender yet with ample bosom, hips and bottom in the S-curve torso shape achieved by wearing a corset. Her neck was thin and her hair piled high upon her head in the contemporary bouffant. The tall, narrow-waisted ideal feminine figure was portrayed as multi-faceted, always at ease and fashionable. The Gibson Girl personified beauty, limited independence and personal fulfillment. PD Image. Thanks a lot Mr Gibson ...you fucking idiot
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Available in various sizes..
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Another self-portrait for my photography final, “Fragmented Self-Image”. I was bulimic with anorexic tendencies for a few years. / In a way, eating was a painful and difficult thing to do, and I always regretted eating. I felt as if anything I consumed would do harm and damage to my body. / Altered the title to Anorexia Bulimia, because it applies to both, not just anorexia. I was mostly bulimic anyway, and felt this way all the time.
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Another self-portrait for my photography final, “Fragmented Self-Image”. I think the idea is pretty obvious…I used to have an eating disorder, I don’t any more, but the mentality that I need to stay thin and fit still remains and this is my interpretation of that. To post this alone takes me a lot of courage because I am still very, very uncomfortable with my body.
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Another piece for my photography final, “Fragmented Self-Image” (yes you will be seeing more!). Perhaps this is self explanatory…perhaps not… / Ideally, there would be another image before this one leading to my control over my eating disorder, however I think the image works by itself as control over eating and food. This shot took way too long to do… / I don’t know how many times I dropped that cookie or my camera remote and had to unbind myself just so I could pick it up…
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Another self-portrait for my photo final “Fragmented Self-Image”. I think the idea is pretty obvious…I used to have an eating disorder, I don’t any more, but the mentality that I need to stay thin and fit still remains and this is my interpretation of that.
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MUA/HAIR – Kelsey Johnson / MODEL – Kat Krawczuk / PHOTOGRAPHER – Lisabella Preece “I PUKE GLAMOUR” / this image is depicting how the industry glamourizes eating disorders. it is a play on words.. please don’t think Kelsey, Kat and I are trying to make it a beautiful thing. Eating Disorders kill thousands every single year. Help Raise Awareness. It is very serious. Everyone is pressured to be thin these days, don’t fall into a painful disease. It will shorten your life, whether you beat it or you don’t.
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MUA/HAIR – Kelsey Johnson / MODEL – Kat Krawczuk / PHOTOGRAPHER – Lisabella Preece “I PUKE GLAMOUR” / this image is depicting how the industry glamourizes eating disorders. it is a play on words.. please don’t think Kelsey, Kat and I are trying to make it a beautiful thing. Eating Disorders kill thousands every single year. Help Raise Awareness. It is very serious. Everyone is pressured to be thin these days, don’t fall into a painful disease. It will shorten your life, whether you beat it or you don’t. the red in this photo is supposed to represent pain WINNER of the CRAZZZY” challenge in the makeup hair and costume group.
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MUA/HAIR – Kelsey Johnson / MODEL – Kat Krawczuk / PHOTOGRAPHER – Lisabella Preece this image is depicting how the industry glamourizes eating disorders. it is a play on words.. please don’t think Kelsey, Kat and I are trying to make it a beautiful thing. Eating Disorders kill thousands every single year. Help Raise Awareness. It is very serious. Everyone is pressured to be thin these days, don’t fall into a painful disease. It will shorten your life, whether you beat it or you don’t.
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MUA/HAIR – Kelsey Johnson / MODEL – Kat Krawczuk / PHOTOGRAPHER – Lisabella Preece “I PUKE GLAMOUR” / this image is depicting how the industry glamourizes eating disorders. it is a play on words.. please don’t think Kelsey, Kat and I are trying to make it a beautiful thing. Eating Disorders kill thousands every single year. Help Raise Awareness. It is very serious. Everyone is pressured to be thin these days, don’t fall into a painful disease. It will shorten your life, whether you beat it or you don’t.
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MUA/HAIR – Kelsey Johnson / MODEL – Kat Krawczuk / PHOTOGRAPHER – Lisabella Preece The title of this piece is a line from the song Straw Dog by Something Corporate. It’s at the end of the 2nd verse…just before the chorus. Love This Song.
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model: Jessica Walker
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model: Jessica Walker
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I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star / To pray on, or wish on, or something like that / I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy / Whose reality I knew, was a hopeless to be had / But then the dove of hope began its downward slope / And I believed for a moment that my chances / Were approaching to be grabbed / But as it came down near, so did a weary tear / I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag / Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills / ‘Cause I know I’m a mess he don’t wanna clean up / I got to fold ‘cause these hands are too shaky to hold / Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love / And I went crazy again today, looking for a strand to climb / Looking for a little hope / Baby said he couldn’t stay, wouldn’t put his lips to mine, / And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope / I said, ‘Honey, I don’t feel so good, don’t feel justified / Come on put a little love here in my void,’ he said / ‘It’s all in your head,’ and I said, ‘So’s everything’ / But he didn’t get it I thought he was a man / But he was just a little boy / Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills / ‘Cause I know I’m a mess he don’t wanna clean up / I got to fold ‘cause these hands are too shaky to hold / Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love / Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills / ‘Cause I know I’m a mess he don’t wanna clean up / I got to fold ‘cause these hands are too shaky to hold / Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love song “paper bag” by Fiona Apple please note – Kat is NOT anorexic/bulimic.. i used the liquify tool to make her thinner, and makeup was used to emphasize bones on spine/ribs MODEL – KAT / MUA/HAIR – KELSEY JOHNSON
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The Mirrors Exhibition
by Karin TaylorExpressing, transforming and clarifying the shades of limelight that frame our body image !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/bor…
Expressing, transforming and clarifying the shades of limelight that frame our body image My friend and fellow bubbler Sarah O’Rourke is part of the team co-ordinating the Mirrors Charity Art Exhibition along with Rhiannon Bulley, which is being held from the 15th to 24th October 2009 at the Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney, the opening night is 14th October 6-8pm. The red bubble members, along with myself, who are donating art works to the Mirrors Exhibition are as follows (in no particular order): Sarah O’Rourke / Cynthia Lund Torroll / aWarr / Bec Winnel / Caitlin Shearer / Steph Granshaw / Remus Grecu / Mimi Yoon Here is a recent article which lends more of an insight into the exhibition and it’s founder Rhiannon Bulley in which I’ve had my own work Lost and Found featured, and I’d like to take the opportunity to say thank you to Rhiannon for featuring my work on both blogs. I am donating my framed original painting of Hidden Treasure pictured above with the chook to the exhibition The event also has the support of medical groups, including the Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders, the Eating Disorders Association (Qld) and The Butterfly Foundation, to whom all funds from sales will be donated. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish Sarah and Rhiannon and all the other artists involved the very best in the exhibition and I hope it’s a huge success.
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Acryllic + Ink on Canvas 50×60cms Painted specifically for the Mirrors Exhibition ‘09 / “Beauty is not just an image, it’s a feeling” “Mirrors” is a Charity Art Exhibition Benefitting the Butterfly Foundation / Raising much needed funds to support Eating Disorder patients, their families & loved ones, whilst also raising awareness in the wider community. The event also seeks to promote positive Body Image through art… / “Expressing, transforming and clarifying the shades of limelight that frame our body image.” / Currently on at the Mori Gallery in Sydney until October 24, for more event details see here / And read about other bubbers involved here Whilst What If I’m A Mermaid… is an obvious reference to the subject of the painting, it’s also a line from one of my favourite songs by Tori Amos, which is as open to interpretation & woven with different meanings & messages as this painting perhaps is… there are threads in both to which i feel we can all on some level relate. When it came to elaborating on what those messages were or are for the sake of the exhibtion… Well… I wrote one artists statement… followed by another… and then another… and another. Somewhere around 10 i decided to stop… It was not that i was unhappy with a single one of them, quite the opposite, each seemed to inspire another thought, i’d tilt my head & see yet another perspective, many of which weren’t even conscious in my mind whilst painting… / What it made me realise was that more than anything this painting was not so much about me expressing or conveying my thoughts, nor was there a singular message that i want or wanted people to be taken from it… purely & simply it was aimed at inspiring thought in a different circle… & so rather than cloud that thought with words, i decided to let you ponder… “What If I’m A Mermaid…” You can see my painting from last years exhibtion here / As well as the prints i donated of my “Girls of La Mar” series… / Liquid Diamonds / Caught A Lite Breeze / Girl & The Sea More on Mirror’s soon
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Mirrors: A Charity Art Exhibition: Opening Night...
by Sarah ORourke“Beauty is not just an image, it’s a feeling” *Wedne…
“Beauty is not just an image, it’s a feeling” Wednesday night saw the opening of the Mirrors Art Exhibtion, a charity event to benefit The Butterfly foundation, raising funds & awareness surrounding the complex issues of Eating Disorders & Body Image through Art. / The Gold framed mirror that nearly wasn’t… I found this frame in a council clean-up… & a friend had a 3m wall mounted Mirror he was desperate to get rid of… perfect for the event! Until the glass cutter wouldn’t go through as it was hardened glass! So i purchased a new piece, it was delivered with glue still wet just in time! / / You can read the full text written on the Mirror here As many of you will already know, alongside the events founder, Rhiannon Bulley, i’ve been involved in the organisation of the exhibition this year & was blessed with the support of several artists right here on the Bubble. / They included: Karin Taylor Cynthia Lund Torroll Bec Winnel Caitlin Shearer Steph Granshaw Mimi Yoon AWarr Remus Grecu Despite being supported by cool fashion & art mag Yen, no-one seemed to be too concerned with being “fashionably late”, in fact there were people sticky beaking from 5PM onwards… the show wasn’t billed to open until 6! It was a diverse crowd that flowed through the doors… From trendy young things to Mums with toddlers, Sharply dressed men who knew more than a thing or two about art to teenage boys who to my great surprise were incredibly interested in both the art & the issues. The several “creative spaces”, aimed at encouraging personal expression were warmly embraced… / / The Drawing Table / / Communal Canvasses… / / In progess… / / Finished!... Until the next person picks up the paintbrush! I started off the night managing the payment desk until my Dad kindly relieved me when a flood of people i knew arrived… I never made it back to the table… everytime i turned around there was another artist or friend, an opportunity to elaborate on an artwork & the creative force behind it, or a new face to meet… i would say the crowd more than tripled last years attendance, where i was merely someone who submitted a painting, & as part of the team this year, I couldn’t have been happier with the turn out… / / Serious Art Critics? / / Sisters / / Sisters 2: The little one & the adopted one Aside from the number & mix of people there, what made the night a success was the feeling amongst the crowd… And it wasn’t just the champagne & cupcakes… nor solely the wonderful art on the walls… people were genuinely interested in seeing such heavy issues cast in a different light… Books by artist Cindy Wider & Author whom herself beat Anorexia, Melinda Hutchings were donated to be raffled… / we had to enlist my Dad to get the attention of the chattering crowd… / / ...Although the serious concentration of the pair at the creative writing table in the foreground was unbreakable!... / / ...Rhiannon rewarded my Dad’s crowd control skills by drawing out his winning ticket! Whilst the seriouness of a deadly illness such as Anorexia can’t, & shouldn’t, be diluted in any way… the pervading feeling was one of hope… that where maybe the conventional wisdom is failing so many… perhaps there is another way. / No better example of this was found in a friend of a friend… A mother whose Daughter’s Best Friend has been battling Anorexia & is currently being treated in hospital for the 3rd time in the last 9 months… she relayed the all too familiar heartache of a family who feel helpless, & a girl who feels she lost her Best Friend… Despite her obvious sadness & concern for this young girl, her face lit up as she excitedly explained that this young girl was herself a talented artist… her work featured in Art Express, despite her illness preventing her from completing her HSC… and just maybe something in Mirrors, or the concept of the event itself, just might reach her. The hope was that she might be well enough to visit on day release… But where there is a will there is a way… if she can’t come to Mirrors then i may take Mirrors to her… whilst i can’t very well carry paintings in to the hospital, i can take photos… & hopefully a little of the feeling it’s all inspired. This dresser was the centrepiece of a shoot by photographer Louise Whelan / / _An old friend who worked for my Dad when i was a kid, Lou & i caught up a few months ago… / / ...The dresser & the concept for her shoot were already in motion before i even mentioned The Mirrors Exhibtion… / / ...It was naturally perfect for the exhibition… sweet synchronicity once again! Next week, once Mirrors begins to wind down i will be posting a complete photo gallery of as many works as possible, including the work of all my wonderful Bubblers, & a bit of a wrap on sales, funds raised & a few other little surprises! / The one sneak peek i can give you is at my own piece for the exhibition, What If I’m A Mermeaid… and in an unexpected twist, last week we discovered that Nature Colours Beauty my painting from last year, whilst paid for in full, was never picked up… fortunately it was quickly sold once again! Although i have already expressed my gratitude, both publicly & privately, to all of the Red Bubble artists involved i cannot rave about the success of the night without mentioning once more just how grateful i am… when i began seeking artists for this project i must admit there was some nervous hesitation, i am not one to ask for help or favours generally… But my belief in the Mirrors concept & cause overrode that & i’m so thankful it did… Not only for the benefit of the exhibition but it began what have turned into some very special friendships… there’s the power of art for you right there. / Yet i’m still amazed at the willingness & support i & the exhibition have received, especially since posting this journal in the lead up to the event… & in hindsight it would seem that a great number of you would have loved to be involved… & we’d have loved to have you… so although this years exhibition is still hanging on the walls, whilst it’s fresh in mind, if you’re interested in being involved in Mirrors in some way in the future, please leave me a comment here or drop me a bmail & i’ll compile a little list for reference when we begin planning for next year. Thankyou all for your love, support & encouragement, / Xxx Sarah / The Lead up / Photo Gallery
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