New York based photographer Marilyn Minter (born 1948) was chosen alongside to painter Richard Phillips and illustrator Maira Kalman by MAC Cosmetics to visualize the new limited fall 2009 collection. The artists had been inspired by the new colors. Minter says in her interview on the website of MAC Cosmetics that she thinks that "...anything that gets wet starts getting sexy".
Each of the three artists has created an art work that is a practicable 'styling example' for the coming season: you can look heroic, venturous, playful, dramatic, etc.
Richard Phillips has used eye shadows, blushes and lipsticks to make-over the photo-realistic painted face of a (lying) woman; probably he has taken the lipstick 'Full Body' for coloring her lips in the shiny deep red plum and the light violet eye shadow 'Look at the eyes' for her half-opened eyes: is it a playful look or has the viewer be courageous?
Maira Kalman's 'diary' illustration is romantic and cheeky at the same time. Maira Kalman used eyeliners and eye shadows for the scenery of a woman sitting at a table with two flowers in a vase. It looks as if she has just stopped playing pick-up sticks to look straight into the eyes of the one who interrupts her private scenery, waiting until s/he has left. But her eyes have already charmed the viewer...fig.: Makeup Art Cosmetics by Marilyn Minter for MAC Cosmetics, Fall 2009.
fig.: Reflects Glitter (sparkling warm red) from the Makeup Art Cosmetics collection by MAC Cosmetics, Fall 2009. The limited collection is available in September and October 2009.
On occasion of the exhibition 'New Work: Marilyn Minter' from1April through 24 July 2005 at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), curatorial associate Joshua Shirkey said:
