(/) ABOUT (/ABOUT) GET INVOLVED (/GETINVOLVED) OUR PRINT ISSUE (/PURCHASE) SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER (/EMAIL) Search keywords ( http://www.magcloud.com /browse/issue/429684 /follow ) A student-run journal about the wonder that occurs when art collides with science, nature, and technology. For more information Sep 19 art (http://www.arta /tagged/art) science (http://www.arta /tagged/science) photography (http://www.arta /tagged/photogr michelle marie m (http://www.arta /tagged/michelle lee jones (http://www.arta /tagged/lee-jone makeup (http://www.arta /tagged/makeup beauty (http://www.arta /tagged/beauty) Michelle Marie Murphy’s Perceptual Beauty In this series, Perceptual Beauty, artist Michelle Marie Murphy focuses on the “tools” of beauty. As Murphy describes the series, “My interest is in the connections between the history of paint on canvas and how female bodies are represented as being painted upon, re-shaped and airbrushed. This leads me to explore the use of cosmetics as art materials and subject matter for my work. This approach removes these products from their original purpose and instead draws attention to the intrinsic qualities of the materials themselves.” Murphy was inspired by scientific images while making these works. By Unfollow Unfollow Dashboard Dashboard michelle marie murphy | Art & Science Journal http://www.artandsciencejournal.com/tagged/michelle-marie-m... 1 of 2 3/6/13 2:46 PM
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A student-run journal about the
wonder that occurs when art collides
with science, nature, and technology.
For more information
Sep
19
art
(http://www.artandsciencejournal.c
/tagged/art)
science
(http://www.artandsciencejournal.c
/tagged/science)
photography
(http://www.artandsciencejournal.c
/tagged/photography
michelle marie murphy
(http://www.artandsciencejournal.c
/tagged/michelle-marie-murphy
lee jones
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/tagged/lee-jones
makeup
(http://www.artandsciencejournal.c
/tagged/makeup)
beauty
(http://www.artandsciencejournal.c
/tagged/beauty)
Michelle Marie Murphy’sPerceptual Beauty
In this series, Perceptual Beauty, artist Michelle Marie Murphy focuses on
the “tools” of beauty. As Murphy describes the series,
“My interest is in the connections between the history of paint on canvas
and how female bodies are represented as being painted upon, re-shaped
and airbrushed. This leads me to explore the use of cosmetics as art
materials and subject matter for my work. This approach removes these
products from their original purpose and instead draws attention to the
intrinsic qualities of the materials themselves.”
Murphy was inspired by scientific images while making these works. By
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