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...self-loathing, eating disorders and distorted body image: Barbie. So we're raising our vulnerable, body-conscious girls to beware the perpetually pointy-toed goddess with the impossible body and perfect face. Now it's time to take a good look at our sons and their plastic influences. Studies show that boys increasingly suffer from eating disorders, and if that fact is surprising, the root cause is not--after you take a good look...
Welty also deconstructs the Christmas wreath and transforms blue twist ties into the plastic pine needles we normally picture on a wreath. The most impressive twist-tie construction is her "Ironic Column," which is a far cry from Widener's marble columns. In fact, this column most likely couldn't support any structure, for it has to be hung from the ceiling and is actually just long chains of white twist ties strung together en masse to give the illusion of a solid surface...
There is a glimmer of hope in the form of Level Best, a sort of white plastic sculpting material which is Amy Podmore's favorite medium. Her sculpture is about the only thing zany and creative in Boston art, if we are to believe that the exhibit is truly representative. Podmore doesn't need to rely on long-winded mission statements to connect with her viewers. A sculpture reminiscent of Wallace and Gromit's The Wrong Trousers actually works as a statement about childhood, with two pairs of trousers, one big and one small, attached precariously by yarn...
...after being "emancipated" from the system, according to child-welfare experts. Until a few years ago, many kids who reached legal age had no help to ease the transition. Somebody would show up on the doorstep of their foster homes and tell them to pack their belongings in a plastic...
...Bloods team. A Crips team. A Lubavitch Hasidim team. Aryan Nations, Khmer Rouge, Hutu, Tutsi, Royal Ulster Constabulary, Jews for Jesus, Hizballah. Now you've got some fierce rivalries going--off the field and on. You try tackling a 275-lb. running back with 25 kg of Semtex plastic explosive packed into his shoulder pads...