Beautifully Slim
Primary Artist
Red Planet Posters. (1992–)
Title
Date made
1992
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Fitzroy View on map Close map
Category
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in colour, from 11 stencils
Matrix size
62.0 x 46.4 cm (printed image)
Support
thin white matt wove cardboard paper
Support size
62.0 x 46.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
178348
Accession number
93.1655
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1993/94 (1993-10-27)
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1993
Subject categories
Health | Women's movement
Country of context
Australia
Notes
This poster questions the advisability of dieting as a way of achieving a "perfect figure" and questions the media propaganda about women's body shape and size. Produced at Red Planet in 1992 as part of the aritst-in-residence program, focusing on issues of concern to women.
Creators
Red Planet Posters. | (1992–) Australian | Organisation | artist
Porter, Carol. | (1948–) Australian | Female | printer
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013