by Marilyn Wann
What if we saw as many cute images of stomachs as we see of hearts, or even of brains?
Would public opinion about this practice be different if we could see the damage done
to otherwise healthy internal organs?
Given the ongoing terror of stomach amputation — so-called weight-loss surgery —
here's hoping a stomach a day keeps the scalpel away...
This stomach was originally created on January 2, 2017. Some stomachs are found objects. In the tradition of Robert Rauschenberg erasing a deKooning drawing, this stomach is a series of images of a piece of art from the Frank Stella retrospective show at the de Young museum in San Francisco, photographed to look especially stomach-esque.
What if we saw as many cute images of stomachs as we see of hearts, or even of brains?
Would public opinion about this practice be different if we could see the damage done
to otherwise healthy internal organs?
Given the ongoing terror of stomach amputation — so-called weight-loss surgery —
here's hoping a stomach a day keeps the scalpel away...
This stomach was originally created on January 2, 2017. Some stomachs are found objects. In the tradition of Robert Rauschenberg erasing a deKooning drawing, this stomach is a series of images of a piece of art from the Frank Stella retrospective show at the de Young museum in San Francisco, photographed to look especially stomach-esque.
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