The art of Tattoo

With his post, I want to start the discussion about Tattoo.

First I’m intending to position questions which are bothering me about this art. Just some time ago I realised that I have a quite a collection of Tattoo but I never truly wanted to do one for myself.

So, why I collect them?

Why do people want to have something on their bodies and not only on their walls?

What is a difference (I'm not talking about technical part) between art on the canvas and art on the own skin?

Why do some artists keep working on body surface with temporary materials?

Tattoo Guigu. Shanghai, 27.10.2018

Maxime Plescia-Büchi repost from Instagram [Online] Available from: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bko_XKPlLcj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link [Accessed 03/01/19]

Maxime Plescia-Büchi repost from Instagram [Online] Available from: https://www.instagram.com/p/BtV8PxrF6uI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link [Accessed 03/01/19]

© 2019 Huang Yan Huang Yan, Chinese Landscape - Tattoo, 1999, MoMA Photography, Chromogenic color print, 50.3 x 62.5 cm [Online] Available from: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/117115?artist_id=34222&locale=en&page=1&sov_referrer=artist [Accessed 03/01/19]