Artist Meg Lionel Murphy is constantly thinking about bodies: how they heal, how they’re affected by their environment, how they present themselves, how they become sites for violence and pain, how they assert power. Her paintings, which often revolve around giant female-presenting bodies, stand as colorful, maximalist tributes to embodiment and empowerment. Surrounded by flowers…
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For Rira Sugawara of Dans La Vie, her Spring 2013 collection titled “Moving Print Bodies” is self-explanatory. Vivid patterns reach beyond what’s currently wearable, outside the boundary of modern art. Silhouettes include a mutated, half-leather / half-plastic blazer with chaps. Another outfit incorporated a cameo design with blue detailing. Every look made a statement with dramatic…