Fat Women

I was in this beautiful Latin American art museum in Casseria, Israel (of all places!). The collection includes contemporary South American artist (they also have some Dali sculptures which didn't impress me that much). Besides the beautiful colorful paintings, the museum has quite a large collection of sculptures. Most of the sculptures were of young (and not so young) women by a Mexican artist. It struck me that the women that were depicted were not some fragile waifs but solid, hefty (dare i use the word fat?),  graceful bodies.  It's rare to see women who are fat depicted in modern art as confident and more importantly attractive - there was true beauty in these sculptures that took me aback. It was a bit refreshing.