As Madonna fronts the latest Kiko Milano campaign, her make-up artist reflects on two years working with the icon
Make-up artist and Dazed 100 alum Marcelo Gutierrez has been working with Madonna for almost two years now, helping shape her next visual chapter as she gears up to release Confessions II, her 15th studio album. But he’s quick to resist the idea that it’s a total reinvention as he speaks over video call. “Madonna’s already invented the wheel,” he says. “It’s about bringing her into the now and the future, while still holding onto everything she’s already built.”
Across a four-decade career, the pop icon has become synonymous with transformation, constantly shifting between aesthetics. From Like a Virgin’s hyper-femininity, the religious provocation of Like a Prayer, to the futurism of Ray of Light and the Western cowgirl of Music, Madonna’s image has never stayed too still for long.
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