Barbspotting
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What would a normal person do? I ask myself that question a lot. I'm not an addict in the same manner as the Trainspotting lads, but everyone has their own guilty pleasures: too much screen time, too much alcohol, smoking, etc. I'm not one to judge, but society does. They tell you it's because it's bad for you, but can't a girl enjoy some self-destructive hedonism in peace?
Barbie, as an inanimate object without thought or will beyond that of the child who plays with her, still exceeds normality in her perfection. Her body is representational of the human body, yet she is also something of a pneumatic creature with her overly-elongated legs and neck, waist snatched beyond human comprehension. With her archetypal normality in question, I proceed to provoke the definition of socially acceptable behaviours by considering how authentic manifestations of Self are impacted within private and public spaces, in the gaze of other people. However, the pressure to self-regulate is persistently felt as a woman since the gaze of the Other is always present. A public bathroom, in spite of its namesake, offers a brief instance of privacy within a stall to unzip the rawest, and possibly worst, version of myself without consequence or shame.
Where it's been: GradEx 110 at OCAD University
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About the artist
Tiffany Duong (b. 2002) is a multidisciplinary artist and illustrator based in Toronto and Mississauga. She graduated from OCAD University this year with a BFA in Drawing and Painting and a Minor in Illustration. In her practice, Tiffany conjures bratty, absurdist, and humorous images that investi, ... View full profile
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