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Survival of the Fattest Sculpture, Ringkøbing

Survival of the Fattest Sculpture, Ringkøbing

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Survival of the Fattest Sculpture, Ringkøbing

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Location: Ringkøbing-Skjern, Central Denmark, Denmark

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1. Path to Lyngvig Lighthouse – Lyngvig Lighthouse loop from Søndervig

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3. Market Square. – Bagges Dæmning loop from Søndervig

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JR56

July 12, 2022

Survival of the Fattest is a sculpture depicting a small, starving boy carrying a fat woman.

It was created in 2002 by Jens Galschiøt and Lars Calmar and is intended to illustrate the unbalanced and unfair distribution of global resources.
The 3.5-meter-high bronze sculpture depicts a giant, fat Western woman sitting on the shoulders of a starving African boy. The woman is holding scales, the symbol of justice, but her eyes are closed. This is intended to represent how justice has degenerated into self-righteousness.

It also represents the unwillingness to see obvious injustice.

The name "Survival of the Fattest" is an ironic reference to the Darwinian phrase "Survival of the Fittest."

The sculpture is intended to be a message to the rich part of the world. Their focus is on the obesity of people in the Western world due to their excessive consumption, while people in the "Third World" are dying of hunger. Due to the unbalanced distribution of resources in the world, most people in the
Western world live more or less comfortably and oppress the poor through unfair global trade. The "poorer" countries are kept away from Western markets by the rich countries through tariff barriers and subsidies.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_of_the_Fattest

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Snorre 🥾 🚲

July 17, 2022

Unfortunately, as long as wheat is traded on exchanges, nothing will change.

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Jörg

August 14, 2023

Sculpture in Ringkøbing, near the harbour. It is supposed to represent rich and poor.

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Survival of the Fattest Sculpture, Ringkøbing

1. Path to Lyngvig Lighthouse – Lyngvig Lighthouse loop from Søndervig

2. Market Square. – Bagges Dæmning loop from Ringkøbing Bymark

3. Market Square. – Bagges Dæmning loop from Søndervig

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