PULLMAN–Washington State University’s Visual, Performing, and Literary Arts Committee, Health and Wellness Services Eating Disorder Prevention Program and the Compton Union Gallery on the Move, present The Body Image Project: Beauty as a Relative Concept by artist and activist Larry Kirkwood.
The exhibit will be on display at the CUB Gallery…on the move! in the Fine Arts Building Gallery II, Room 5072, from Oct. 2 to Oct. 12, 2006.
The gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday 8am – noon and 1pm – 5pm and is closed on weekends and University Holidays. An exhibit preview will continue to be on display in the lobbies of Health and Wellness Services, the Student Recreation Center, and the Women’s Resource Center through September 27. Guest artist Larry Kirkwood will present a lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
The notion that size, color, age, and gender can be a measure of a person’s character is confronted and challenged in this sculptural exhibit. Kirkwood conceived The Body Image Project in 1993. He continues to travel the country making body casts, exhibiting, lecturing, and working to help individuals learn to love their bodies and themselves in a healthy and honest way.
“It (the project) consists of finished casts taken directly from a person’s body,” Kirkwood said. “The endgame is to change the way we look at ourselves and the way we perceive others. It affirms the fact that, the way we look physically is okay. If change needs to occur, it is from the inside out and not the reverse.” He continues on, “This exhibit strives to give you a more honest and healthy view of who we really are physically. Specifically, this project deals with prejudices such as sexism, racism, and ageism, and judgments about weight and height.”
The Body Image Project is part of the Visual, Performing, and Literary Arts Committee’s 2006-2007 Series “The Art of Confrontation” and is co-sponsored by Visual, Performing, and Literary Arts Committee, Campus Involvement and Health and Wellness Services Eating Disorder Prevention Program (HWS/EDPP).
All programs are free and open to the public. For more information call (509)335-2313, e-mail gsiegel@wsu.edu, or visit GetInvolved.wsu.edu/arts and www.kirkwoodstudios.com.
