Tattooers, the Tattooed: Exploring the Evolution of Body Art
Now through October 2015, at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, is an art exhibition titled Tatoueurs, Tatoués (translates Tattooers, the Tattooed), that explores the evolution of body art through the ages. As tattooing dates back more than 5,000 years, the exhibition features ads and images taken from various photographers and artists throughout this time. Amongst some of the oldest examples are remains of Ötzi, the Neolithic iceman found in the Alps in 1991 who was covered with 57 tattoo marks, and two-thousand-year-old mummies discovered in Egypt and Syria who carried tattoos of mythical monsters and animals.
For a modern take on tattooing, the exhibit also used thirteen artists from countries ranging from Samoa to Switzerland to ink their art onto disembodied legs, torsos and arms crafted from silicone. This is used the explore the contrasts and comparisons to old and modern techniques and symbolisms. However, regardless of time, it seems that tattoos have always been used as declaration of individuality. Whether for beauty, beliefs, mourning, hatred or love, tattoos have always been used to identify, cure, honor and even defeat those who wear or who were forced to wear them.
Check out some of the images taken from the gallery, and find out more on the exhibit here.
[Via i-D Vice]
When Words Fail: Surreal Photographic Series by Ben Zank
Photos by Ben Zank
Great art will inspire thought without a word needed to be said, and New York Photographer Ben Zank created a photo series based on this very notion, titled "When Words Fail". Through self-portraiture, he creates a set of surreal images that stretch the imagination, and expresses the vacancy one experiences when words fail. Each image is unique, creative, and very much thought provoking.
The young, self-taught photographer began taking photos just for fun, and in a recent interview, he shared that his passion in photography began only a year ago while going to school for journalism. In just a year full of work, his photography grabbed enough attention to land him a solo exhibition, on display now in Brooklyn.
Allow your mind to interpret the following images, and check out more of his work here.
[Via Demilked]
Yoskay Yamamoto “Submerged” Exhibition At Times Square Hong Kong
LA based artist Yoskay Yamamoto latest exhibition, "Submerged," takes him to the streets of Hong Kong. Located in the Causewaybay district, the exhibition contains some of Yoskay's characters that are larger than life. The exhibit features two large pumpkin heads standing six meters tall, and if my math is correct, it is around 19 feet. There are also two smaller models that tie into the "Submerged" theme, so if you're in Hong Kong check out the exhibit running through October 31st. To get more familiar with Yamamoto's work, head on over to his website.
[Via Hypebeast]
