Maurizio anzeri tutorial makeup

Opening at the A Palazzo Gallery inBrescia, Italy, this Thursday (15 December), the ‘MakeUp’ exhibition plays with both our quest for ideal beauty and drive to constantly change, retouch and customize things that already exist.

Featured is work from a selection of artists including; Maurizio Anzeri, John Bock, Dr. Lakra, Lothar Hempel, Jamie Isenstein, Alan Reid, Markus Schinwald, John Stezaker, Sue Tompkins, Ryan Trecartin, Vedovamazzei and Francesco Vezzoli with the show being curated by Mariuccia Casadio.

The 12 artists are showing unseen 2D and 3D portraits in which they have transformed and altered the aesthetics of a range of images of models and icons.

Ahead of the expo we speak to artist Maurizio Anzeri, a long-time collaborator with Dazed who recently worked with menswear editor Robbie Spencer on a fashion feature.

Anzeri has developed a distinctive style of embroidering directly onto vintage photographs blending the past with futu