
Bless Beauty Hairbrush
<p>The design studio Bless persistently creates work that falls within and between the categories of fashion, beauty,<br>interior decor, and fine art. Early in their collaboration, the Bless designers produced this hairbrush, which features flowing locks of human hair in place of bristles. This act of replacement resulted in an uncanny item that recalls Surrealist objects from the early 20th century. However, the designers dismiss this connection, insisting that the brush is a tool whose purpose is to preserve hair as a souvenir, a practice associated with Victorian mourning traditions.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1999
- Medium
- Hair and wood
- Dimensions
- Brush: 23 × 8 × 0.6 cm (9 × 3 × 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- BLESS eine GmbH
Artist

Bless (German and French, founded 1997)
Full artist profile →More
More by BLESS eine GmbH
Bless N°26 Cable Jewelry
2017 · Natural wood and electronic cable
Bless N°56 Worker’s Delight and N°57 Daycation/SUR, Volume 3
2016 · Paper
Bless No. 52 Present Perfect Continuous pleatskirtscarf
2015 · Wool
Bless N°52 Present Perfect Continuous and N°53 Contenttenders/MANY OF THEM, Volume IV
2015 · Paper
Bless N°54 Remembrance Subito/LIBERATION, Issue #10691, October 3-4
2015 · Newsprint
Bless N°50 Todaying/BANT, Issue #33
2014 · Paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- BLESS eine GmbH
- Year
- 1999
- Medium
- Hair and wood
- Dimensions
- Brush: 23 × 8 × 0.6 cm (9 × 3 × 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1999-114091
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





