You can actually feel yourself becoming more beautiful!
  • Karen Mainenti
  • You can actually feel yourself becoming more beautiful!, 2019
  • Gold Leafing on Paper
  • 25.5 x 19.5 in
  • Framed: 25.75 x 19.75 in
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I use gold leafing to isolate and recontextualize headlines of 1950’s-era beauty advertisements messages as a way to highlight that irresistible trifold marketing promise: beauty, youth and perfection.

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Jergens Dryad Deodorant, Manufactured by Andrew-Jergens Company, c.1952 by Karen Mainenti
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