A new kind of beauty

Dina (2009)

Picture: Phillip Toledano

Un livre est sorti récemment au Brésil, présentant les  photos de Phillip Toledano sur la nouvelle esthétique des corps retouchés chirurgicalement.

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A new kind of beauty

"I’m interested in what we define as beauty, when we choose to create it ourselves.

Beauty has always been a currency, and now that we finally have the technological means to mint our own, what choices do we make?

Is beauty informed by contemporary culture? By history? Or is it defined by the surgeon’s hand? Can we identify physical trends that vary from decade to decade, or is beauty timeless?

When we re-make ourselves, are we revealing our true character, or are we stripping away our very identity?

Perhaps we are creating a new kind of beauty. An amalgam of surgery, art, and popular culture? And if so, are the results the vanguard of human induced evolution? As a race, is this the beginning of a new direction?

This project is intended to ask, rather than answer questions."

Phillip Toledano 
2008-2010

America the Gift Shop: Phillip Toledano

British-born artist Phillip Toledano has produced an online exhibition of mementos celebrating George W Bush's foreign policy, titled 'America: The Gift Shop'. (Abu Ghraib coffee table)

Picture: Phillip Toledano - www.americathegiftshop.com