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Aun Helden incorporates phallic and maternal imagery into their work to oppose the rigid binary standards of a cis-heteronormative patriarchal society
Brazilian artist and performer Aun Helden desires to tear down the constructs and constrictions around our bodies and begin again. Their work moves towards an understanding of gender and sex that’s free from cis-heteronormative patriarchal definitions. Un-gendering and un-sexing themself of their online artwork, they're rebuilding themself fluidly with seeming full creative autonomy over their appearance. Inspired partly by their mother, and in lieu of a father figure, they've repoistioned themselves as a maternal figure presiding over their very own body. Fertile imagery abounds of their work; glossy black eggs, vulvic prosthetics, phallic facial appendages...
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It’s backstage on the Helmut Lang show on the primary day of Latest York Fashion Week, and anticipation is within the air. Blow dryers blare, models march and excited (perhaps overcaffeinated) crews chat.
The energy is palpable.
But it surely’s remarkably calmer around makeup artist Daniel Sallstrom, who's tasked with using MAC Cosmetics to create the ravaged-by-the-elements glam for Peter Do’s second presentation for Helmut Lang. Sallstrom is jitter-free as he precisely smudges pristine makeup on a model’s eyelids with a Q-tip.
“One among the important thing words for the gathering was windswept chaos,” he explains coolly, clearly resistant to the electrified air backstage. “The thought was to take a very done look and disheveling it.”
He navigates the backstage landscape as...
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Often covering themselves in ombré clouds, iconic paintings, and animal prints, the queer artist and orchestra assistant director talks us through their dramatic transformations
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 all the pieces Dazed Beauty is about. Discover them here.
How do you define drag make-up? For NY city-based artist Laurel Charleston, the chances are daring and the personas infinite – their Instagram feed will blow your mind. Sure, the 23-year-old gives impressive...
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