| Joanne Gair | |
| Born | 1958 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Field | Body painting, Make-up artist |
| Movement | Trompe-l'œil |
| Works | Demi's Birthday Suit (August 1992) Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues (1999–) Disappearing Model (2000) |
Joanne "Kiwi Jo"[1] or "Kiwi Joe"[2][3] Gair (born c. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of Body art, considered by some as the most ancient form of art A make-up artist or MUA is an artist who creates Makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, Television, Film, fashion magazines and other Trompe-l'œil, which can also be spelled without the hyphen in English ( French: "trick the eye" tʁɔ̃p lœj is an Art technique involving extremely Demi‘s Birthday Suit, The Suit or the August 1992 Vanity Fair cover (pictured right was a groundbreaking Trompe-l'œil Body painting The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated. 1958)[4] is a New Zealand-born and raised make-up artist and body painter whose body paintings have been featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 1999 to the current 2008 edition. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island A make-up artist or MUA is an artist who creates Makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, Television, Film, fashion magazines and other Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of Body art, considered by some as the most ancient form of art The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated. [5] She is considered the world's leading trompe-l'œil body painter and make-up artist,[6] and she became famous with a Vanity Fair Demi's Birthday Suit cover of Demi Moore in a body painting in 1992. Trompe-l'œil, which can also be spelled without the hyphen in English ( French: "trick the eye" tʁɔ̃p lœj is an Art technique involving extremely Vanity Fair is an American magazine of Culture, Fashion, and Politics published by Condé Nast Publications. Demi‘s Birthday Suit, The Suit or the August 1992 Vanity Fair cover (pictured right was a groundbreaking Trompe-l'œil Body painting Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11 1962 is an American Actress. [7][8] Her Disappearing Model was featured on the highest rated episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so [9] She is the daughter of George Gair. George Frederick Gair, CMG QSO (born 13 October 1926) is a former New Zealand politician [10]
In addition to achieving pop culture prominence and respect in the fashion and art worlds starting with her body painting of Demi Moore, she is an award-winning make-up artist in the rock and roll world who has helped several of her music clients win fashion and style awards. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African She is also considered a fashion and art trendsetter,[11] and for a long time she was associated with Madonna. Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American [9] In 2001, she had her first retrospective and in 2005, she published her first book on body painting. Retrospective (from Latin retrospectare, "look back" generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place At the peak of her pop culture fame after the Vanity Fair cover, she was seriously considered for an Absolut Vodka Absolute Gair ad campaign. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Absolut Vodka is a Swedish brand of Vodka, produced near Åhus, Scania, in southern Sweden [12] She has done magazine editorial work,[13] and in 2005, she became a photographer of her own body paintings in both books and magazines. A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally [14]
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Gair did David Lee Roth's 1986 Eat 'Em and Smile album cover. David Lee Roth (often referred to as "Diamond Dave" (born October 10 1954 Bloomington Indiana) is an American rock Vocalist Eat 'Em and Smile is the debut full-length Album by original Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth released in 1986 | Gair also did Kelis' 1999 Kaleidoscope cover. Kelis Rogers-Jones (née Rogers, born August 21, 1979) better known as Kelis (pronounced kuh-LEECE is a Grammy Award-nominated American Kaleidoscope is the debut album by American R&B singer Kelis, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music) |
Gair, who is born New Zealand and raised in Auckland,[9][2] lives in the United States and is based in Los Angeles, California. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. [10][2] In 1977, she began teaching dance at a primary school in New Zealand. [3] She moved from New Zealand at the age of 21 and had a variety of stops on her way to Los Angeles. [3] Most of the time was spent in Australia and Amsterdam until after five years away from home she ventured to Los Angeles at the time of the 1984 Summer Olympics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, With the help of the Cloutier Agency she obtained a work permit. Cloutier is an agency which provides hair make-up and wardrobe styling for motion pictures advertising photographic layouts and more Work permit is a generic term for a legal authorization which allows a person to take employment [15] She then approached the Chanel and Gaultier beauty salons to offer her already well-respected make-up artist services. Chanel SA ʃəˈnɛɫ) is a Parisian fashion house created by Coco Chanel. They both accepted her and she further solidified her reputation to the point where instead of being asked if she was George Gair's daughter it was more common for her father to be asked if he was Joanne Gair's father. [3] Her early work in the music industry included album cover and music video work for David Lee Roth, Tina Turner, Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, and Mick Jagger. An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially-released audio recording product or Album. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics David Lee Roth (often referred to as "Diamond Dave" (born October 10 1954 Bloomington Indiana) is an American rock Vocalist Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American Grace Jones (born May 19, 1948) is a Jamaican American Singer, model and actress Annie Lennox (born 25 December 1954 is a Scottish born British Musician, Vocalist and Academy Award -winning Songwriter Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock [15] One of her early successes was being employed to do Roth's 1986 Eat 'Em and Smile album cover (pictured left). Eat 'Em and Smile is the debut full-length Album by original Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth released in 1986 These experiences led to work with Madonna, which started with music videos for "Express Yourself" and "Vogue". "Express Yourself" was the second single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her 4th studio album Like a Prayer, and was "Vogue" was the first single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her soundtrack album I'm Breathless (Music from and Inspired by the [15] She has also done work on music videos for Aerosmith and Nine Inch Nails. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" [1] Her work on the 1997 Nine Inch Nails' The Perfect Drug won her the makeup portion of the best hair/makeup in a music video at the Music Video Production Awards. " The Perfect Drug " is a 1997 song by Nine Inch Nails. [16] She had also won awards for Madonna's Frozen. " Frozen " is a pop song by American singer Madonna from her 1998 album Ray of Light, written and produced [2] Among the other notable musicians she has worked with is Gwen Stefani, who won Most Stylish Video at the 1999 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards working with Gair on No Doubt's song New. Gwen Renée Stefani (born October 3 1969 (ˈgwɛn stɛˈfɑːni is an American recording artist and Fashion designer Stefani fronts the rock band No Doubt No Doubt is a rock band from Anaheim California, United States founded in 1986 " New " is a new wave-punk song written by Tom Dumont and Gwen Stefani for the Go soundtrack (1999 [17] Gair also worked on ad campaigns and for photo features in efforts to exhibit the artistic visions of others. [18]
Eventually she expanded beyond make-up artistry to body painting to express her own artistic vision. In August 1991, Demi Moore caused international artistic commotion by appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair seven months pregnant with her daughter Scout LaRue in the photo More Demi Moore, with Gair as the make-up artist and Annie Leibovitz as the photographer. Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female More Demi Moore or the August 1991 Vanity Fair cover was a controversial Handbra nude photograph of the then seven-months pregnant Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (ˈliːbəvɪts (born October 2, 1949) is an American Portrait photographer whose style is marked Exactly one year later, she returned to the cover of the same magazine nude as a product of Gair and Leibovitz in a nearly equally as shocking body painting, Demi's Birthday Suit (pictured right). [19] Gair was the primary body painter of this art and the magazine cover art propelled Gair to fame. Fifteen years later, it continues to be considered the most well-known example of modern body painting. [20] The 1992 cover that entailed a thirteen-hour sitting for Gair and her team of make-up artists was a commemoration of the August 1991 photo. The shooting was storied because photographer Annie Leibovitz could not decide where to shoot and reserved two mobile homes, four hotel rooms and five houses. Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (ˈliːbəvɪts (born October 2, 1949) is an American Portrait photographer whose style is marked [21] Gair and her body painting were such the rave following the 1992 cover that the annual Absolut Vodka advertising budget in 1993 considered an Absolut Gair body painting promotion. Absolut Vodka is a Swedish brand of Vodka, produced near Åhus, Scania, in southern Sweden [12]
She is considered a Trompe-l'œil body painter, but at times she describes herself more generally and colloquially as an illusionist. Trompe-l'œil, which can also be spelled without the hyphen in English ( French: "trick the eye" tʁɔ̃p lœj is an Art technique involving extremely [3] She also refers to herself and others refer to her as an image-maker for her contributions to people's perceptions of others. [22][23] She was originally inspired to specialize in body painting by facial skin adornment of the indigenous Maori people of her native New Zealand. This article discusses the Māori people of New Zealand For their language see Māori language, and for other meanings see Māori (disambiguation. [8] However, the glam rockers and heavy metal rockers as well as white-face geishas, Native American Indians and Indian mehndi all contributed to her inspiration. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. She began using Sharpies to draw on people in 1977. Sharpie is a brand name for a line of Permanent markers manufactured by Sanford sold in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom [3] Her work, which became prominent with the August 1992 Vanity Fair cover of Demi Moore, has transcended various media and involved her with leading photographers, directors, super models and celebrities. A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. The term art director is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in Advertising, Publishing, film and Television, the Internet A supermodel is a highly-paid élite fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in Haute couture and commercial modeling A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention Gair has worked with leading celebrities (Madonna, Cindy Crawford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Basinger, Christina Aguilera, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sophia Loren and Celine Dion) and been in editorial (Vogue, W, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Black Book, and Harper's Bazaar), fashion campaigns (Donna Karan, Versace, Victoria's Secret, Guess, and bebe) and cosmetic companies (L’Oreal, Maybelline, Revlon, Oil of Olay, and Rimmel). Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford (born February 20 1966 is an American model and actress. Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( IPA: /mɪˈʃɛl ˈfаɪfɜr/ born April 29 1958 is an American Actress. Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27 1972 is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and double Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Sophia Loren (born September 20 1934 is an Academy Award winning Italian film actress born Sofia Villani Scicolone Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. W is a monthly American Fashion Magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy BlackBook magazine is a US publication It features photographs and articles geared toward Fashion, design and progressive culture Harper's Bazaar is a well-known American Fashion Magazine, first published in 1867 Donna Karan is the Fashion designer and the creator of the DKNY ( D onna K aran N ew Y ork clothing label Gianni Versace SpA (ˈdʒɑnːi verˈsatʃe usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian clothier founded by Gianni Versace in 1978 For the Sonata Arctica single see Victoria's Secret (song Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear Lingerie and beauty Guess, (styled as GUESS?) is an American name-brand clothing line. Bebe stores (pronounced Bee-Bee is an American Clothing retailer founded in 1976 by the Iranian born Manny Mashouf, who emigrated to the The L'Oréal Group is the world's largest Cosmetics and Beauty company and is headquartered in the Paris suburb of Clichy, France For the Chuck Berry song see Maybellene. Maybelline is a Makeup brand sold world-wide and owned by L'Oréal. Revlon ( is an American Cosmetics company History Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Olay (known as Oil of Olay until 1999 in South Africa and North America) is a Procter & Gamble brand based around Facial Moisturizer Rimmel is a cosmetics brand now owned by Coty Inc. The House of Rimmel was originally founded by Eugene Rimmel in 1834. At one point she was beauty editor of Black Book. [13][14] Her work with Madonna includes music videos such as Express Yourself, Vogue, Fever, Rain, Frozen, the Blonde Ambition Tour and its subsequent feature documentary Truth or Dare. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics "Express Yourself" was the second single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her 4th studio album Like a Prayer, and was "Vogue" was the first single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her soundtrack album I'm Breathless (Music from and Inspired by the " Fever " is a song by Madonna, released in 1993 It is a cover version of the song by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, and was released as " Rain " is the fifth (and final American) single from Madonna 's 1992 album Erotica. The Blond Ambition Tour (also known as Blond Ambition World Tour and Blond Ambition World Tour 90) was the third Concert tour by American Truth or Dare (known as In Bed with Madonna outside the United States and Canada) is a revealing documentary chronicling When Madonna teamed up with Herb Ritts for black and white photographs, Gair did the eyelashes and make-up. Herbert Ritts ( August 13, 1952 in Los Angeles California – December 26, 2002 in Los Angeles was an American fashion An eyelash or simply lash is one of the hairs that grow at the edge of the Eyelid. [22] Gair has been the subject of numerous television programs and magazine articles, including what was the highest rated episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not?. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so Her first retrospective was exhibited at the Auckland Museum as part of the Vodafone Body Art exhibition in 2001 and early 2002. The Auckland War Memorial Museum (or simply the Auckland Museum) is one of New Zealand 's most important national Museums and War memorials [9][1]
Gair has earned many motion picture credits for work as a make-up artist. In 1996 & 1997, she was employed on three of Moore's films (Striptease, If These Walls Could Talk & G.I. Jane). A striptease or Exotic dance is a form of erotic entertainment usually a Dance, in which the performer known as a "stripper" gradually undresses For the episode of The Outer Limits see If These Walls Could Talk (The Outer Limits. GI Jane is a 1997 Action film that tells the fictional story of the first woman to undergo training in U In addition, she earned a 1997 credit on Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me for Farrah Fawcett. Ferrah Leni Fawcett (born February 2 1947) is an American actress In 2002, she earned a make-up credit on People I Know for working with Kim Basinger. People I Know is a Drama film which was directed by Daniel Algrant and stars Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, and Téa Leoni Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) She also earned a 2003 credit for work on the short documentary The Work of Director Chris Cunningham. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Directors Label is a series of DVDs devoted to notable Music video directors First released in 2003 by Palm Pictures, the series was [4]
Gair's Miami Dolphins jersey on Jessica White was inset on the Swimsuit issue cover. The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. Jessica White (born 1984 in Buffalo New York) is an African-American model, Actress and Cover girl. List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models enumerates the chronological history of Cover models for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. | Gair's work has appeared as the main cover photo in various years of the German edition of Sports Illustrated. |
In her first year in the Swimsuit Issue (1999), she painted Rebecca Romijn,[24] Heidi Klum,[25] Sarah O'Hare,[26] Michelle Behennah,[27] Yamila Díaz-Rahi,[28] and Daniela Peštová in a variety of beachware. Rebecca Alie Romijn (born November 6 1972 is an American film and television Actress and former Fashion model. Heidi Klum (ˈklʊm born June 1 1973 is a German model, actress TV presenter, Fashion designer, Television producer and occasional singer Sarah Murdoch (née O'Hare born 31 May 1972, London, England, United Kingdom) is an Australian-British model. Michelle Behennah (born January 7, 1977, Singapore) is an English model. Yamila Díaz-Rahi (born circa 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine model of Lebanese and Spanish descent Daniela Peštová (born October 14, 1970) is a Czech model. She was born in Teplice, Czechoslovakia, and was discovered [29] The first Gair Sports Illustrated body paintings occurred at Richard Branson's Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 is an English Business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies Necker Island is a small island in the British Virgin Islands just north of Virgin Gorda, located at. The British Virgin Islands ( BVI) is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. [30] Some of these also appeared in a 2001 Sports Illustrated calendar,[15] and Heidi Klum's tie-dyed swimsuit bodypainting earned her and Gair the cover of the German edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Tie-dye is typically brightly colored patterned Textile or clothing which is made from knit or woven fabric usually Cotton, through a Resist dyeing [31] In 2001, the Swimsuit Issue had a goddess theme. A goddess is a Female Deity. Many Cultures have goddesses Often deities are part of a polytheistic system that includes several deities The cover featuring Elsa Benítez used the caption "Goddess of the Mediterranean". Elsa Benítez (born on December 8, 1977 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico) is a Mexican Supermodel. [32] Gair contributed to this theme by body painting the models as statues of goddess: Klum (Athena), Díaz-Rahi (Thalia), Veronika Vařeková (Aphrodite, Venus), Molly Sims (Flora), Noémie Lenoir (Luna), Fernanda Tavares (Aurora), and Shakara Ledard (Diana) as goddesses. A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. Thalia can refer to four distinct entities in Greek mythology, two of whom were daughters of Zeus, and a third of whom bore him sons Veronika Vařeková (born June 19 1977) is a Czech model. Her name in the English-language press is often given as Veronica Varekova Venus was a major Roman Goddess principally associated with Love, Beauty and fertility, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973 in Murray Kentucky) is an American model and Actress. In Roman mythology, Flora was a Goddess of flowers and the season of spring. Noémie Lenoir (born September 19, 1979) is a black French model and Actress. In Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη " Moon " English sɛˈliːniː was an archaic Lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans Fernanda Tavares (born on September 22, 1980) is a Brazilian model. This article is about the Roman goddess of dawn for the asteroid see 94 Aurora. Shakara Ledard is a model and Actress, originally from The Bahamas, and now residing in New York. In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland and also of the Moon. [33] At about the same time in 2001, her work featuring Klum was featured on the cover of the tenth anniversary of Shape Magazine. Shape Magazine (or Shape) is a monthly English language fitness magazine distributed by Weider Publications (a division of [34] In 2003, she painted a seven continent world map on Rachel Hunter, a fellow New Zealander, and purposely represented Australia and New Zealand "down under" (on the buttocks). A continent is one of several large Landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by Convention rather than any strict criteria with seven regions Rachel Hunter (born September 9, 1969) is a model, actress and reality TV show host For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. [35] In the 2004 issue, when she painted Jessica White,[36] Petra Nemcova,[37] Marisa Miller,[38] Noemie Lenoir,[39] Melissa Keller,[40] and Hall,[41] the paintings featured both body painting and real bathing suit portions in most images. Jessica White (born 1984 in Buffalo New York) is an African-American model, Actress and Cover girl. Petra Němcová (ˈnjɛmtsovaː pronounced NYEMtzovah; born 24 June 1979 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a fashion Marisa Miller (born August 6 1978 is an American model known for her consecutive appearances in the ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issues beginning in 2002 and Melissa Keller (born August 4 1978 is an American model, Actress, and Photographer. However, bathing suit portions were not apparent in all images. [42] In the 2005 issue, she painted Bridget Hall,[43] White,[44] Miller,[45] Anne V,[46] and Sarahyba with athletic team outfits. Bridget Hall (born December 12, 1977) is an American model. Hall was born in Springdale, Arkansas. Anne Vyalitsyna (Анна Вьялицына (born March 19, 1986) also known simply as Anne V, is a Russian model. [47] In the 2006 issue, she painted multiple bathing suits on Klum. [48] One of these appeared on the cover of the German edition of Sports Illustrated. It was the ninth time that Gair and Klum worked together and the seventh time that they did so for Sports Illustrated. [49] In the 2007 issue, where music was the theme and Beyonce Knowles was featured on the cover, she painted rock and roll related tee shirts and bikini bottoms on Daniella Sarahyba, Miller, Praver and Ana Paula Araujo. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4 1981 commonly known as Beyoncé (biːˈɑn Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso. A bikini or two-piece is a type of women's Swimsuit, characterized by two separate parts &mdash one covering the Breasts (optionally in the case of Daniella Sarahyba Fernandes (born July 8, 1984) is a Brazilian model. Ana Paula Araujo (born October 25, 1981 in Roraima) is a Brazilian model who appeared in the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue [50][51] In the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, when she painted bathing suits on Quiana Grant, Jessica Gomes, Marisa Miller, and Tori Praver, the average sitting time for the subjects/objects was thirteen hours. A swimsuit, bathing suit or swimming costume is an item of Clothing designed to be worn for Swimming. Quiana Grant is an American model who appeared in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Jessica Gomes is an Australian model of Singaporean Chinese and Portuguese heritage who appeared in the 2008 Swimsuit Issue of Tori Praver is an American model perhaps best known for her appearances in the 2007 and 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. [52]
The photographers in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004 were respectively Antoine Verglas, James Porto, Michael Zeppetello and Steven White for the Swimsuit Issue works. From 2005–2007 Gair took the photographs of her body paintings herself. [53] Verglas again photographed the bodypainting for the 2008 Swimsuit Issue. [54] No body painting pictures have been chosen as the main image on the cover of the Swimsuit Issue. However, in the 2005 Swimsuit Issue (pictured left) in which Carolyn Murphy is the cover model, Jessica White was shown as an inset on the cover in a Miami Dolphins jersey body painting by Gair. Carolyn Murphy (born on August 11, 1973) is an American model. The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. [55] Thus, as a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue photographer Gair debuted on the cover in a sense. In 2006 a small cropped portion of her photograph of a bodypainting of Klum appeared in an inset on the cover, but no bodypainting was apparent. Cropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve Framing, accentuate subject matter or change Aspect ratio. [56]
The covers of Gair's three English language body painting books: Paint A 'Licious (2005), Body Painting (2006), and In the Paint (2007) | ||||
Gair has produced two English books: Paint A 'Licious: The Pain-Free Way to Achieving Your Naked Ambitions (ISBN 0740755374, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005) and Body Painting: Masterpieces By Joanne Gair (with foreword by Heidi Klum) (ISBN 0789315092, Universem, 2006) as well as one Spanish book: Arte en el cuerpo (ISBN 9707184701, Numen, 2007). Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of Body art, considered by some as the most ancient form of art English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A foreword is a (usually short piece of writing often found at the beginning of a book or other piece of Literature, before the introduction, and written by someone Heidi Klum (ˈklʊm born June 1 1973 is a German model, actress TV presenter, Fashion designer, Television producer and occasional singer [57] In her first book, Paint A 'Licious, she was both the painter and photographer as well aas the arranger who conceived the scenes. Paint A 'Licious had a theme of helping people achieve their fanatasies. Among the works included were one called 'It's a Stretch but You've Still Got It,' which shows an old woman in a pink tutu doing the splits on a golden stage, with the help of an assistant painted to blend into the curtains and 'No Sweat' which shows an overweight woman happily leading an aerobics class with her body painted so that she appears 30 pounds slimmer. A ballet tutu is a Skirt worn as a Costume in a Ballet Performance, often with attached bodice In the book, washboard abs are achieved by sitting still for a few hours, as is an hourglass figure. [58] The book was produced over the course of ten months in New Zealand. [59]
Her second book, Body Painting, includes seventy-five works and some of the photographers involved were Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts and David LaChapelle. Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (ˈliːbəvɪts (born October 2, 1949) is an American Portrait photographer whose style is marked Herbert Ritts ( August 13, 1952 in Los Angeles California – December 26, 2002 in Los Angeles was an American fashion David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963 in Fairfield Connecticut) is a photographer and director who works in the fields of Fashion, Advertising [60] The book includes many works from Gair's Auckland Museum exhibition as well as selected Swimsuit Issue images. [15][61] Several Heidi Klum photos are included from various photo shoots, including the 1991 Shape magazine tenth anniversary shoot. Several photos of Demi Moore also appear including alternate photos from the Kauai, Hawaii portion of the 1992 Demi's Birthday Suit week of shooting as well as both photos of her 1994 pregnancy with Tallulah Belle Willis and subsequent 1995 Barbie body paintings. Kauai (in standard Hawaiian kauˈaʔi in Kauai- Ni{{okina}}ihau dialect; usually spelled Kauai outside the Hawaiian Islands and ˈkaʊɑɪ or /kaʊˈɑɪ/ The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Barbie is a best-selling fashion Doll launched in 1959 The doll is produced by Mattel Inc [61] A photo from the Disappearing Model work from Ripley's Believe It or Not? is also included. [61] The book also includes magazine work such as a May 1990 Fame shoot with Goldie Hawn and Matthew Rolston and a November 1998 Interview shoot with Pamela Anderson and David LaChapelle as well as some Pirelli calendar work with Herb Ritts, Carolyn Murphy and Alek Wek. Goldie Jean Hawn (born November 21 1945 is an American Academy Award -winning Actress, director and producer. Matthew Russell Rolston (born Los Angeles March 1 1955 in Los Angeles) is an American fashon Photographer and Music video director Interview is a Magazine founded by artist Andy Warhol and John Wilcock in 1969 Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1 1967 is a Canadian -born actress, Sex symbol, glamour model, producer, Author, and Pirelli & C SpA ( is a diverse Multinational company based in Milan, Italy. Alek Wek (born April 16 1977) is a Sudanese Supermodel who appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995. [61]
Sports Illustrated produced Sports Illustrated: In the Paint (ISBN 9781933821207, Time, Incorporated Home Entertainment, 2007) in November of 2007. The book is subtitled "The complete body-painting collection from the SI Swimsuit Issue: The Art of Joanne Gair. " The book contains reproductions of photographs of all of the body paintings that have been included in the swimsuit issue since Gair has become involved and excludes all body painting that preceded Gair's involvement. Thus, she is the featured artist of the book that includes photographs by all of the aforementioned photographers. The book also contains stories that accompanied the some of the issues by Sports illustrated writers such as Rick Reilly who observed the process. Richard "Rick" Paul Reilly (born February 3, 1958 in Boulder Colorado) is an American Sportswriter. The cover image of Sarah O'Hare was shot by Antoine Verglas who photographed Gair's 1999 bodypaintings for the Swimsuit Issue. Sarah Murdoch (née O'Hare born 31 May 1972, London, England, United Kingdom) is an Australian-British model. [62] The book includes images produced in Gair's earlier efforts for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 1999–2007. It also includes several behind the scenes images not include in the magazine.
Although to many she is best known for Demi's Birthday Suite, art aficionados consider her most famous work Disappearing Model. The work appeared on Ripley's Believe it or Not!. In the trompe l'oeil body painting, the face and body of the model are almost indistinguishable from the red and blue and yellow flowers of the wallpaper in the background. Her first body paintings was also memorable as she painted a moko on a female Ford Modeling Agency fashion model named Jana, which is a tabooed employment of a traditionally male ritual face mask. Tā moko is the permanent body and face marking by Māori, the Indigenous people of New Zealand. The Ford Modeling Agency or as it is known today Ford Models, was established in 1946 by Eileen and the late Gerard W A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. A ritual is a set of actions often thought to have Symbolic value the performance of which is usually prescribed by a Religion or by the Traditions [3] An example from Gair's website of her ability to trick the eye into seeing a three dimensional subject blend with a two-dimensional background is seen in a photograph of a pregnant Elle Macpherson. Elle Macpherson ( born 29 March 1964 is an Australian model, actress, and businesswoman [63] Other examples of this technique include the cover of her first book (pictured below) and images from within this book.
She participated in Germany's Next Topmodel by painting and photographing the final four contestants in leopard prints. Germany's Next Topmodel (often abbreviated to GNTM) is a German Reality television show which pits Contestants against each other The leopard (lɛpɚd Panthera pardus) is an Old World Mammal of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four roaring [10] During the episode, which was Cycle 1 episode 6, she handled two models per day working for six to seven hours with each. The works covered the shoulders, legs, breasts and stomach and included long hair extensions. Artificial hair integrations add length to Human hair. Types of hair fibers Hair extensions are made from a range of human and synthetic fibers The episode resulted in work that was so successful that none of the contestants were eliminated. [64]
She has now developed a style as a body painter. Her typical job takes her and her team eight hours, but some jobs take twice that. She does not charge by the hour. Gair is always well prepared for her jobs, but does not generally sketch her work on paper. In fact, she claims to have only had to do so twice in over twenty years of body painting. When she needs to test something out she usually uses her opposite (left) arm or hand. She has learned to make adjustments for [22]
In recent years, Gair has added photography to her professional skills. [22] In addition to being the photographer of Paint A 'Licious, she has been the photographer in some years of her Sports Illustrated work. For example, she was the photographer of Heidi Klum in 2006. [22] At the end of 2007, Gair was using a Canon 5D camera. The EOS 5D is a 128 Megapixel Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR camera body produced by Canon. [22]
Gair is from Takapuna on the North Island of New Zealand,[65] but she now lives in both Los Angeles and New York, New York. Geography Takapuna is located on the isthmus of a peninsula which extends south The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous [66] Her father is Hon. George Gair, a former New Zealand politician, and her nephew Alastair Gair is a competitive Etchells racer. George Frederick Gair, CMG QSO (born 13 October 1926) is a former New Zealand politician New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island [10] Her father was a long-time Mayor of Takapuna. [65] Her mother is Fay Gair, and her elder sister Linda Gair served both as a model and as a painting assistant in several of the paintings in her first book. Linda also has a daughter named Lauren. One of the paintings for which Linda assisted was the cover of Paint A 'Licious. [59] Gair also has an older brother named Warwick. [34]