Jewel Yang’s photos turn the female body into a

28 Apr

Jewel Yang, Genesis VanishingGallery / 10 images Jewel Yang experienced a sacred moment while painting a friend’s pregnant stomach. Unlike her usual work, doing make-up for Yueqi Qi and Oscar Ouyang runway shows or Dazed cover shoots, Yang felt the tension: “Her belly was hard, resistant and elastic, making it very easy to paint,” the 28-year-old make-up artist and Dazed 100 alumni says. “I tried to be very careful with my brush strokes.” A shy, sleeping angel was etched onto the smoothly domed belly, divine iconography unfurling with new life on a human body. Religious symbols, and the weight that they carry, had been tugging at Yang’s interest for a while. “I once had someone unfollow me because I wore a skirt with...

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1 Dec

Aerosol Couture: This surreal SFX exhibition uses the body

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Aerosol Couture: This surreal SFX exhibition uses the body

For 26-year-old airbrush artist Mab, art has always been political. Using the body as her canvas, the SFX artist paints the skin with vivid, surreal designs that are meant to serve as both a commentary on and a reclamation of the hypersexualisation of Black women’s bodies. From working with the Clermont twins to creating custom looks at fashion week, the young creative’s career has been taking off as of late, despite the fact that airbrushing was, as she previously told Dazed, pushed on to her originally. Her current mastery of the medium, however, was on full display in New York on Saturday (November 1), at her latest live exhibit, Aerosol Couture. Held at 66 Greene, a concept store, music venue and...

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25 Feb

Drag and make-up artist Laurel Charleston’s entire body is

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Drag and make-up artist Laurel Charleston’s entire body is

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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25 Dec