I don't want to spend to much time overthinking this, after all, art is meant to be visceral. Disposable cars and overweight, overextended consumers is what comes to mind when I see the photo, so in that sense it "personifies" something. Also, cellulite anthropomorphizes the car, I suppose. I'm neither an artist nor well-versed in the humanities, however. To answer your question, I borrowed the term and the photo from Andrew Sullivan's blog. It doesn't strike me as an egregious characterization, but perhaps you would be better served asking him for an explanation.

by hazmat on 01/05/2009 11:23:25 PM EST

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