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27 Sep

Identity is a latest exhibition exploring the realities of

Affecting one in 100 people, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a condition where an individual spends an unusual period of time worrying about flaws of their appearance, flaws which go unnoticed by other people. It typically affects young adults and teenagers, and although the condition is far-reaching, those that suffer will often draw back from speaking about it publicly on account of a fear they can be shamed as self-obsessive or vain. Identity is a latest exhibition that goals to challenge this stigma and begin an open conversation around it. Examining how our self-perceptions are shaped by experience, society and the media (in addition to its impact on mental health), the show will consider the importance of talking about these anxieties...

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27 Sep

Exploring the intense paths some men go right down

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Exploring the intense paths some men go right down

Perhaps it’s because Burger King wasn’t a thing back then, but in Michelangelo’s historical depictions of man, everybody looked as if it would have a very fire bod. In his sculptures and illustrations, a bloke’s pectoral muscles, topped with tweakable nipples, protrude out over a wash-rack torso; their knife-sharp V-lines pointing down towards to their bits. It’s a picture that has, for therefore long, dominated Western culture’s perception of archetypal masculinity and male beauty: the final word, almost unattainable look. And yet some 500 years on, we’re still obsessing over it. Now though, it manifests less within the art world – where frailer frames usually tend to be fetishised – and more on our TV screens every summer, as we tune in...

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27 Sep

John Yuyi is the Taiwanese artist fiddling with temporary

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John Yuyi is the Taiwanese artist fiddling with temporary

The Dazed Beauty Community is our ever-expanding encyclopaedia of creatives and emerging talent from internationally who're redefining the way in which we take into consideration beauty. From supermodels to digital artists to makeup prodigies transforming themselves of their bedrooms, these are the sweetness influencers of tomorrow who embody every part Dazed Beauty is about. Discover them here. Known for her custom temporary tattoos which mix themes of digital identity, web culture and luxury fashion, John Yuyi is a Taiwanese artist, now based in Latest York, who has worked with Gucci, was included as one in every of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for 2018, and in February 2018 debuted her first solo exhibition at The Art Emptiness in Latest York. All of that, and...

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27 Sep

Documenting the sweetness ideals of Cali, Colombia’s cosmetic surgery

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Documenting the sweetness ideals of Cali, Colombia’s cosmetic surgery

Kurt Hollander takes to the streets of Cali to capture town’s cosmetic architecture and the physical manifestations of the influence of cosmetic surgery on the culture Cali, the state capital of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, is home to a whole bunch of plastic surgeons. More people travel to Colombia for operations than anywhere else on this planet, the vast majority of them heading to Cali, and with annual profits of hundreds of thousands of dollars town has grow to be generally known as Colombia’s ‘Silicone’ Valley. And it’s not only the foreigners keeping the industry going. Colombia ranks third in the world for probably the most variety of surgeries per capita, and the...

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