Watch Out For the Big Girls: Artists Who Love Fat Chicks

It's not all about waify models and plastic porn stars. Some of the art world's greats take inspiration from ladies with a little something extra.

May 10, 2011
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A copy of last week’s Village Voice with the cover story “Guys Who Like Fat Chicks” has been sitting here all week, and the article is worth reading. Kind of. Basically there are dudes who love fat chicks out there. Duh. But we already knew that. Artists have been loving and painting women with meat on them since the beginning of time, and a lot of the work is pretty sick. Click on the gallery images above to get a look at artists who have a special kind of love for the big ladies out there.

Beryl_Cook

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Beryl Cook, Lady of Marseilles

Lisa_Yuksavage

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Lisa Yuksavage, Big Blonde Squatting (1994). Oil on linen.

Parra

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Parra, Installation at Arkitip Project Space (2010).

Botero

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Fernando Botero, Circus Woman (2007). Oil on canvas.

R_Crumb

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R. Crumb, Monica Delivers the Pizza (1998). Ink, correction fluid on paper.

Currin

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John Currin, Big Hands (2010). Oil on linen.

REAS

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Todd James/REAS, Photoshoot for Complex Magazine, Collaboration with photographer Matt Doyle (2007).

Saville

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Jenny Saville, Closed Contact #3. C-print mounted on plexiglass.

Cassis

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Donnabelle Casis, Untitled 3 (1999). Oil on canvas.

Sartre

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Sartre V, Yellow Bikini.

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Lucian Freud, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995).

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