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Throughout history, women’s bodies have been dictated by others. In her groundbreaking book The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf writes that “women feel guilty about female fat because we implicitly recognise that under the parable, women’s bodies usually are not our own but society’s.” Within the Victorian era, particularly within the mid to late 1800s, women were encouraged to be ‘plump’ and ‘round’, because it showed men that they might make good moms and were ‘sexually available’. Within the Twenties to Nineteen Eighties, the best female form shifted towards thinness because the figure of the feminine sex symbol had “trimmed down dramatically” during this time. As beauty standards proceed to vary, women change together with them, turning themselves inside out with...
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In a latest shoot and film, director Erika Astrid and photographer John Michael Fulton tell a story of transformation through color
“This project isn’t nearly beauty; it’s a therapeutic exploration,” says creative director, photographer and director Erika Astrid about her atmospheric shoot that harnesses the healing power of color. “It’s a visible journey, using colors to evoke emotions and capture the essence of moods.” Inspired by auras and color therapy, the vivid images tell the story of an individual in constant flux between chaos and calm.
The surrealist shoot was also inspired by Mark Rothko’s expressionist paintings, produced within the latter half of the 20th century, which held a deep understanding of the best...
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LGBTQ+ collectives in Taiwan and Berlin have teamed as much as present ‘Temple of the Body’, an interdisciplinary group exhibition that appears at nudity as a type of cultural and political expression
Earlier this yr, Taiwanese artist Yun-Pei Hsiung conducted an experiment at Pawnshop, Taipei’s underground nightclub. Inspired by the novel nude art of Yayoi Kusama and Yves Klein, he initiated an immersive painting workshop, inviting clubbers to enter a protected space adjoining to the dancefloor, undress, cover themselves in paint, and use their bodies as their artistic tools. Once complete, the artworks were displayed on the partitions and the doors to the dancefloor were opened, transforming the space right into a gallery.
“We...
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