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Tattoo artists pushing the boundaries of contemporary art
The oldest profession meets the latest artistic creations
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Human Marks
Tattooing in Contemporary Art
Human Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art explores convergences between tattoo culture and global contemporary art. Presenting a range of media by sixteen artists who also tattoo, this richly illustrated book unpacks how the ethics, strategies, and concerns of tattooing shape the artists’ studio practices in experimental and revelatory ways.
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The oldest profession meets the latest artistic creations: With essays, artist profiles and interviews, Human Marks presents the full creative spectrum of artists who maintain both tattoo and studio practices to ask what the world of fine art can learn from today’s tattoo community. With a range of surprising media – from paintings made with human blood to wearable works in silicone and even perfumery
– themes of ritual, ethics and identity tie together the materially dynamic, unexpected and challenging artwork featured in Human Marks.
– themes of ritual, ethics and identity tie together the materially dynamic, unexpected and challenging artwork featured in Human Marks.
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Ed. Carrie Cushman
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released on 07/2025
Ed. Carrie Cushman Contributions by Kaur Alia Ahmed, Oz Bardos, Lewis Black Symmetry, Makoto Chi, Nassim Dayoub, Evan Paul English, Gesiye, Don Ed Hardy, Ciara Havishya, Dr. Lakra, Duke Riley, Miller Robinson, Tamara Santibañez, Lyric Shen, Fiona Smith, Stevie Soares, Marcia Tucker, V. Vale, and Jayna Won
Text: English244 pages, 150 illustrations
23,5 x 31,8 cm, 9 ¼ x 12 ½ inches., hardcover
HIRMER PREMIUM
Hardcover in linen with large embossing, several paper changes, highly luxurious paper
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4489-5
Keywords
Tattoo, profile, skin, pain,
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