beauty brains biceps
part of SAY MY NAILS
DING Vitrine, Design Museum Gent
Gent, Belgium
2024
beauty brains biceps is a nail salon and library curated around muscular women and their relationship with glamour. The exhibition showcased a curated library about Victorian strongwomen and modern-day female bodybuilding, six hand sculptures with six-pack nails and a nail service, a zine about manicures and manual labour, a video installation featuring short clips from female bodybuilding competitions from the 80’s, an installation of a cardboard figure, and large scale prints of female bodybuilders.
six hands with six-pack nails
plaster
press-on stiletto nails
molding gel
nail polish
beauty brains biceps
zine
flat gold riso print
part of SAY MY NAILS
DING Vitrine, Design Museum Gent
Gent, Belgium
2024
beauty brains biceps is a nail salon and library curated around muscular women and their relationship with glamour. The exhibition showcased a curated library about Victorian strongwomen and modern-day female bodybuilding, six hand sculptures with six-pack nails and a nail service, a zine about manicures and manual labour, a video installation featuring short clips from female bodybuilding competitions from the 80’s, an installation of a cardboard figure, and large scale prints of female bodybuilders.
six hands with six-pack nails
plaster
press-on stiletto nails
molding gel
nail polish
beauty brains biceps
zine
flat gold riso print