{"id":36744,"date":"2020-09-21T17:32:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=36744"},"modified":"2020-09-21T17:32:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:32:50","slug":"new-works-of-radical-worthiness-by-elisa-valenti-ask-us-to-face-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/new-works-of-radical-worthiness-by-elisa-valenti-ask-us-to-face-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"New Works of Radical Worthiness by Elisa Valenti Ask Us to Face Ourselves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The female form is quite possibly the most pervasive figure depicted in art: the curvaceous fertile mounds of the Venus of Willendorf, to the soft, sumptuous rolls Renaissance bodies. Womens\u2019 bodies are, in the fine art world, undeniably divine vessels that have the capacity communicate beauty, fertility, fecundity, status, and any number of additional expressions.\u00a0
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Lost in contemporary society, however, is the celebration of bodies in such a devotional, ethereal manner. For decades bodies have been commodified and commented upon, tweaked and toned in order to conform to a model of efficiency that in many ways denies the beauty of form. \u00a0
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Today\u2019s body positivity movement has carved out space for femmes with curves in mainstream media, a landscape that has been traditionally hostile to more supple female forms.\u00a0