Beauty expectations art

The most iconic paintings throughout history are still carrying important messages through the art of today's artists. An Italian digital artist, known on social media as CRUDEOIL 2.0, gave old paintings a new life as social satire. The 24-year-old artist reimagined famous classical paintings in the modern world, with a highlight on technology and social media, to poke fun at what's wrong with our world. CRUDEOIL 2.0 has a degree in Fashion Design, but in parallel to the world of fashion, he…

Problems with self-esteem and self-acceptance are beginning to be more common in younger people than ever before. Social media and its many beauty filters distort the self-image of children and young people. Media has the power to influence the current standards of beauty – either by adding the pressure to look a certain way or alleviating it. A Finnish young people’s media Demi launches a campaign in the hopes of opening a conversation regarding the pressure of the many beauty standards…

This photo series will change the way you think about your body

society has a distorted perception of beauty 💧🌫🌀 by lenisgalaxies on instagram!

There are plenty of mixed messages in Jess Cochrane's works. And that's deliberately so. Her paintings force us to ignore societal expectations, beauty norms and what we've been trained to see – in...