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28 Apr

Jewel Yang’s photos turn the female body into a

Jewel Yang’s photos turn the female body into a
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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15 Dec

Jewel Yang creates dreamy ethno-futurist art inspired by her

Jewel Yang creates dreamy
Jewel Yang creates dreamy Jewel Yang creates dreamy Drawing on traditional Chinese art and her background in bio-textiles, Yang’s portable make-up looks are as sustainable as they are ethereal The Dazed Beauty Community is our ever-expanding encyclopaedia of creatives and emerging talent from internationally who're redefining the best way we take into consideration beauty. From supermodels to digital artists to make-up prodigies transforming themselves of their bedrooms, these are the wonder influencers of tomorrow who embody every thing Dazed Beauty is about. Discover them here. A series of poems that float within the universe is how Jewel Yang characterises her visual language – and it’s an ideal description. Mysterious and dreamy, her work draws on Chinese traditional art, specifically from her Kam cultural...
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