Fat and ugly people are people like us

Do we need pictures of ugly or fat people to fit contemporary realism ?

adipocyte

oil painting

Oil painting is for fat people.

Fernando Botero

Too much contemporary oil painting

Too much oil in contemporary art ?

Persist in oil painting as resolutely as you persist in eating fat.

ideal weigth

obese art

The obese body image reflects the growing obesity of modern western culture.