On this day in 2015: Grayson Perry sculpture to be exhibited
The piece, titled Melanie, was set to feature in York Art Gallery's Centre of Ceramic Art after the latter's planned reopening, after an £8 million transformation, on August 1, 2015.
Melanie was previously seen on screen in Perry's Who Are You? documentary in 2014.
Helen Walsh, curator of ceramics, described Melanie as "a voluptuous, figurative piece, with a strong narrative which discusses the changing view of what constitutes feminine beauty."
The artwork, one of three in Perry's Three Graces series, was inspired by a contestant, named Melanie, in the Miss Plus Size International competition.
The other two pieces in the Three Graces series were inspired by contestants Georgina and Sarah.
Perry said: "I have portrayed them as vaguely antique, hieratic, adorned with images, old and new, of female 'perfection' and food.
"In the history of sculpture, female forms such as these were often seen as fertility goddesses to be prayed to for children and plentiful harvests.
"Nowadays we are more likely to see a growing health problem."
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