The main drive we all have is the desire to be tattooed. Design comes in secondary, absolutely, because there are multiple choices at every turn that would suit just fine.
Tattoos: Perceptions & Perspectives
Interview with Filip Leu, Tattoo Artist
presented by Filip Leu
Interview with Lal Hardy, Tattoo Artist
presented by Lal Hardy
The reality TV shows have been a blessing and a hindrance, I think, to a lot of tattoo artists. The reality is, reality shows aren’t real. But they do make people aware of tattooing.
Interview with Dr Margo DeMello, Cultural Anthropologist
presented by Margo Demello
Even if [the media] are going to talk about a fine art show in Paris, they still fall back on those same old phrases, which is, “You’re not going to find sailors here!”
Interview with Paul Sayce, Vice-President, Tattoo Club of Great Britain
presented by Paul Sayce
I’ve been tattooed by members of my family and people who’ve never tattooed before, because I just want the mark. To me, the tattooing is more of a mark than an actual picture.
Interview with Dr. Matt Lodder, Art Historian
presented by Matt Lodder
Not really many art professionals, or any art professionals really, have though through what this might mean for art practice and art theory. How can we think about tattooing as an art form? If we do think about it as an art form, what are the consequences of that for the ways tattooing is normally understood?