What are little girls made of

What are little girls made of / Volume I – Meghan, sculpture of gelatin, 2009
“What are little girls made of / Volume I – Meghan” consists of three headless bodies of a large woman (approximately 100 kg), made out of gelatine.
Three “prints” are three sculptures that come from the same giant jelly mold, of the same shape and size, but differing from each other in colours and textures. The layers of red, white and every shade in between leave the impression of a real human body, without the protective layer of skin.
Over time, spots of mould will develop on the sculptures and keep changing.
Exhibiting the sculptures outdoors could be considered.
It could be taken – but not necessarily – as a critique of contemporary body standards and thus introducing young females to the eating disorders, objectifying women, the woman’s body as the most overused object… Or as irony towards it all – a double or triple joke. Name your feminist pet peeve.
It takes 16 kg of gelatine to make one sculpture. “What are little girls made of / Volume I – Meghan” was exhibited during the Culture Factory Festival in Tallinn in August 2009.
Its sequel, “What are little girls made of / Volume II – Liisa”, the torso of a much larger woman, was exhibited at Fountain Art Fair in Miami in December 2009.