These shoes are trompel’oeil paintings applied directly to the feet by makeup artists John Maurad and Jenai Chin. Trompel’oeil is a French phrase meaning to “deceive the eye” and describes an illusionistic style of painting.
“It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take …. read the full article here”
(Article “You Walk Wrong” by Adam Sternbergh in the New York Times magazine)
(Photo: Tom Schierlitz)
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Tags: art, body art, shoes, trompel'oeil
May 20th, 2008 at 3:05 am
I love these! Do they have to wash their feet???