There is a Berlin-based street artist that fights the general beauty-dogma with Disney stereotypes. For sure I like the approach of the Fight Lookism movement, even though I think they should do more art and write less texts. Normally I would say that this type of gender/political/critical movements are much more serious in Germany than in other European countries . But I think that the Fight Lookism guys seem to be very relaxed. Let’s see if they do some crazy stuff to argue with the fashionistas next week.
by Claudio | Art, Fashion
Street artists who jump through the night to take their revenge on society have always had something romantic for me. That’s also why I am a big fan of the following ad-busting artist: Princess Hijab loves to put some nasty black paint over the pretty western faces of Parisian ads. Putting the face behind a painted veil should definitely demonstrate that the discussion between western and oriental believes about culture are not getting to a right result. Even if I am not so sure what kind of message Princess Hijab actually has on her mind with her art, I love the way she takes my attention and makes me think. For a more traditional approach you might perhaps check out the Veil-Fashion-Blog (no kidding). More pics of the ad busting work of Princess Hijab after the jump.
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by Claudio | Art, Fashion
