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About Pamela Stretton
- Pamela Stretton (born 15 April 1980) is a South African artist whose work deals predominantly with the female body and its commodification, beautification, and role in popular culture.
- Most of her works are digital ink jet prints that combine photographic images and text; they are composites of barcodes, labels, and advertisements that create a larger image of the female form.
- The pieces are largely autobiographical, but also carry general themes about popular culture, fashion, health, and food.
- The painstaking and meticulous creation of each piece references obsessive eating disorders.
- Similarly, the grid mechanism portrays the pressures of conformity.
- Her style has been called a female version of Chuck Close.
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