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www.MOSTmag.com || FASHIO N MAG A ZINE || 83Charlotte Olympia x Boyarde MessengerBoyarde Messenger is an acclaimed international Pop Artist, having exhibited in Cork Street,and the Saatchi gallery London, known for painting on women%u2019s bodies, in particular their bottoms,selling the limited edition photographic prints. In using kitsch as an artistic tool she is an artistic toolshe is able to maintain the balance between power and vulnerability and build a story through humorand fivolity.The female body has always fascinated Boyarde and stigmas attached to female empowerment, In particular Scopophilia: the pleasure of gazing at the female form. With her unusual canvases,Boyarde uses the Pop Idiom to re-contextualise familiar sub-conscious Scopophiliic images frompopular culture unravelling the history of genderstereotype, creating a new narrative, be it on thefemale body or a fabulous bag. Her latest canvas is customising designer handbags onto which she paints an original Boyarde Messenger work of art. The transition into fashion accessories as her next canvas began when Charlotte Olympia asked Boyarde to customize 100 pairs of shoes for Neiman Marcus as part of Art Basel week (2012). Naturally the bags followed and she now has a flourishing niche in Boyarde Art customisation.
