I found an interesting article on the internet of Artists way of portraying how the world is with looking a certain way and having to feel like going through with plastic surgery to look a certain way:
However, the models nips and tucks are actually cut outs from fashion magazines.The artistic duo poke fun at the fashion industry by placing new noses, lips and eyes over models faces to show how plastic surgery can form entirely new facial expressions.
The fascinating project entitled ID allows the French artists to experiment with visual perception showing that beauty is no longer natural, but is socially constructed.
Professional photographer Bruno Metra, 45, said: "In the media we are bombarded by images of others.
Magazines, cinema and television keep creating and imposing codes that become social references. What one must look like, how to wear make-up, what clothes to wear, how to behave.
The act of representation has taken over what's real; models erase themselves in order to gain another self."
To see the results of the duos artificial facelifts and makeovers view our gallery below.
ANNEGRET SOLTAU:
a German multifaceted artist who works with photographs, performances and video.
She wants to analyze herself, both physically and psychologically, and the female role in our society.
Her method of analysis is strictly connected to the idea of destruction and reconstruction of her image. This process drives her to a new form of photo-collage, where the main ingredient used to stick together all the pieces is not glue but a simple black thread. In this way we can describe her work as a product of handcraft.
"Already as a child I suspected that I was looking for something, however, it took a long time until I found the way to the fine arts (see also my biographical portrait). My inspiration comes from my own experience as well as from the awareness of my personal surroundings and of society. Simultaneously my technical and artistic work gives me new ideas"
"The technique evolved from the etching to the haptic line/thread. This was the content of my work: I wanted to “mark” the human body so that he/she could feel the drawing on his/her skin. In this way my work developed to photography and video-documentation. Gradually these techniques became independent, and I invented the photo restitching: I tear out parts of the image in the photo and insert other parts. It results in a break but also in a new whole, it is ambivalent."
She then came out with the question of "What happens to women these days, how do they present themselves? Which compulsions (and liberties) exist for women today?"
Orlan's art of sex and surgery:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/jul/01/orlan-performance-artist-carnal-art
My experimentation of this idea:
Twisted idea: The face-distorting jewellery designed to challenge 'obsession with plastic surgery'
World's oddest jewelery? Terrifying Beauty, a range designed by Burcu Buyukuna, is made of gold wiring that deliberately distorts the face
Burcu said: 'My work is driven by conventions and societal norms relating to the body.
'Terrifying Beauty focuses on the trends of cosmetic surgery to question conventions of beauty and challenge the function of jewellery as adornment.
'I hope people will immediately ask if they would or would not wear such pieces.'
Message: The range focuses on the trends of cosmetic surgery to question conventions of beauty and challenge the function of jewellery as adornment.
Lucy Mcrae and Bart Hess
Bart Hess (1984) explores several fields combining material studies, animation and photography in a surrealist manner. With his fascination for the human body and the manipulation of it, Hess pushes the boundaries of the textile design profession: his designs transcend the craft, as Hess chooses to extend them via other media such as film, photography and animation. His futuristic materials and textures blur the boundary between textile and skin, human and new species.
With his work Hess has obtained an independent position in the world of fashion, design and art. His list of international collaborations and clients include prestigious names such as Lady Gaga, Lucy McRae, Palais de Tokyo and Nick Knight.
With his work Hess has obtained an independent position in the world of fashion, design and art. His list of international collaborations and clients include prestigious names such as Lady Gaga, Lucy McRae, Palais de Tokyo and Nick Knight.
Pins and Needles:http://barthess.nl/portfolio/pins-and-needles/
American Vogue
Lucyandbart sculpted their ‘Evolution’ silhouette for model Caroline Trentini photographed by Nick Knight for American Vogue in an exclusive article about age, youth and plastic surgery
