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VERONIKA MERKLEIN
THE FATTER THE BETTER
A weight miracle pill, an action heroine, or a beauty queen in plus size format: Veronika Merklein's performance art is surreal, socio-political and always full of wit.

According to Michel Foucault, the human body is not 'naturally' given, but a historical, social and cultural construct into which power and knowledge is inscribed. And this is precisely where Veronika Merklein's art comes in. At gallery michaela stock's booth, Merklein contextualizes her body-emphasizing, often her "hard-to-digest" art and points to social …