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Emma Ao

Just ignore them--Strong

Illustration
2023
acrylic paint
When people tease you for being fat, you can tell them that you are strong. Here I used plates and bowls to represent different figures. Maybe people are bowls and they laugh at you as a plate. But you can pack more rice than they can.

““__Just ignore them___” illustrates the spirit of resistance and confidence we can have when facing contemporary anxieties about physical appearances.”

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Just ignore them--Strong
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