Therese Hasselqvist

Therese Hasselqvist

For my degree project, I have been studying and visualising current body ideals and norms. Ideals and norms that we as part of Swedish, western society continually create and uphold. I want to influence how we view body ideals and create a sense of belonging. We should be able to feel pride over our own bodies! The pieces show a diversity of figures and how all bodies are beautiful regardless of how they look. The work consists of several cast silicon torsos that have been made after discussions with adolescents. The casts are of people aged between 20 to 45 years old, but we are all beautiful regardless of age, figure or gender identity.

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