B E A U T Y   M A R K S

Every culture has its own definition of what's beautiful. As the world gets smaller our ideas about what’s beautiful get larger. Ideas of beauty and body modification have been the main theme of my work for several years. More recently I have been interested in how tattoos and piercings can transform not only body and soul, but also the world around them. The actual pain of a tattoo can be a physical affirmation of a transitional point in life and the indelible images and inscriptions on the skin form a unique reflection of where we were, who we are, and where we aspire to go. Whilst tattoos map out a visual biography that cannot be taken away, as an art form the tattoo is as ephemeral as life itself. Our body is now experienced less as a fixed entity and more as a changeable project of technological, medical and artistic invention.

Deidre But-Husaim, 2006

(above image :: detail from Beauty Marks series)

Body Politics, Follow Magazine - Sex & Candy Issue, 2005
Critics' Choice, The Saatchi Gallery, 2005
Pollymorphs & Strangelove, Essay By Shaw Hendry, 2005
Pollymorphs & Strangelove, Essay By Sera Waters, 2005
Smart Art, Australian Art Collector, 2004