I'm pleased to announce the birth of the Makeup Museum's web presence! The Museum is dedicated to a broad range of cosmetic items, from couture false eyelashes and palettes illustrated with retro images to vintage compacts. Most people appreciate the art in cosmetic application, but rarely do people see that the objects alone can be considered art and history in and of themselves. In addition to celebrating makeup items as art objects, this blog will also feature posts with a more academic focus, weaving cosmetics with art history, cultural studies and feminist theory, to name a few. I'm striving for an intellectual perspective on the cosmetics industry and its role in U.S. culture as well as the cosmetics themselves.
In a few months there will be an actual website up and running, but for now a blog will have to suffice.
Enjoy!