While I seldom comment on the world of paintings, I couldn't help but be moved by Fat Black Guy (1995), in which a morbidly obese black man is chased down a roller coaster by a murderous Ronald McDonald train, whose partners in crime are Kentucky Fried Chicken, hot dogs and government sponsored lotteries.
Fat Black Guy by Tim Slowinski
To his left is the skeleton of a small animal and to his right, a sign pointing towards the hospital. Will he need that direction or will the train just take him down?
At the time, it was an allegory for the plight of the black American but how different is it to that of the everyman today?
At the time, it was an allegory for the plight of the black American but how different is it to that of the everyman today?
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