On Show Now：五十位藝術家展示多樣化的「身體之美」

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On Show Now：五十位藝術家展示多樣化的「身體之美」

如今我們的軀體似乎被賦予了更為豐富的文化含義。隨著美容標準不斷變化，人們開始接受和接納「身體」的多樣性；與此同時，修圖軟件和社交媒體上的各種濾鏡讓我們打造出虛擬的「完美身材」，然而有人卻因此對自己真實的身體感到更自卑、羞恥。我們應該如何對待朝夕相處的身體？策展人Indira Cesarine最近在位於紐約的畫廊The Untitled Space舉辦了展覽Body Beautiful，邀請了50名現代藝術家展現他們對於「身體之美」的思考。

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50位藝術家的作品涵蓋了攝影、雕塑、繪畫和表演等不同形式，展現出在如今新時代下用藝術探討「身體」的各種可能性。來自紐約的人體彩繪藝術家Trina Merry認為「身體」是最完美的畫布，於是她在作品OBJECTIFIED中為女性模特的裸體塗上各種鮮艷的顏色，將她們變成花瓶、桌子等物品。這個表演藝術不僅諷刺如今盛行的消費主義，更質疑如今仍殘存的「物化女性」現象；Trina認為在以女性裸體為創作媒介時應注重美感和藝術性，而不是以之投射性慾。

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現在許多大碼模特擁有更多展現自我的機會，那些呼籲女性不必羞於展示自己天然毛髮的活動也得到越來越多人響應；然而，當社會更關注大碼身材時，筆者卻發現有人在網絡上留言表示「自己過瘦」、「希望能增胖」，卻因而招到網友攻擊，認為這些人是在炫耀自己的「纖瘦」身材；當人們鼓勵大家「擁抱」不同膚色、擁有各類疤痕的皮膚，各大媒體卻仍熱衷於捕捉女明星們的皺紋，令大眾逃避甚至厭惡自然衰老的皮膚。策展人Indira Cesarine認為，要實現真正的包容仍需要更多的努力，而我們在社會的各個領域都應給予所有身體類型平等的話語權。

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#repost @untitledspaceny @dazed exclusive interview on BODY BEAUTIFUL 🖤 A new exhibition at New York’s Untitled Space gallery aims to redress the balance by displaying artworks that promote body positivity and a wider notion of beauty. “We now live in an era where body acceptance has finally become, not only an important subject but is taken seriously as central to the human experience,” the show’s press release explains. “This dialogue has changed the lives of many women (and men) with marginalised bodies who didn’t fit into society’s definition of beauty or feel comfortable in their own skin. In particular, ideals of feminine beauty have historically been reserved for a select few who were blessed with privileged physiques.” 🖤 Image: Dreams of Paradise #6, 2016 © @annebarlinckhoff Exhibition on view November 21 – December 14, 2019 @untitledspaceny A Portion of Proceeds to Support Art4Equality. P.S. The fact that I had to ‘censor’ the beautiful nipples of these amazing women made me not want to post this but their bodies and message behind it is too important not to share with you.

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此外，Indira還希望藉助藝術家們創造和展示出不同形態的身體，令觀眾反思，到底網絡如何在不知不覺中塑造出我們對「身體」的既定看法。比起以前只能從電視廣告或雜誌等媒介中接收經美化而單一的理想女性形象，社交媒體的興起將更多與「身體」相關的話語權放到每個人的手上，例如許多人都喜歡給自己拍照，並將照片在網絡上與他人共享。

Indira對大家喜歡用修圖軟件修飾照片的趨勢保持樂觀的態度，但早前Instagram宣佈將所有與整形外科相關濾鏡下架的新聞卻揭露了潛在的消極影響──虛擬的身體逐漸成為許多人在網絡世界獲得認同的「名片」，用虛假的「完美」獲得追捧；人們沉迷於創造脫離現實的軀體，並透過與他人建立虛擬感情獲得快感，但當回到現實的物質世界時，卻又陷入了無法逃避的身體恥辱感和焦慮之中。