Janet Boyko—Pretty as a Picture

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Artist Statement

Plain as paint, or pretty as a picture?

Handmade circular artist book dressed up in powder puff pink. Inside, vintage magazine advertisements promise transformation—perfect nails, smoother skin, a more beautiful you. The products have changed. The promises haven’t.

Materials and Techniques

Pink plush, satin ribbon, cardboard, paper, and ephemera.