{"product_id":"human-marks-tattooing-in-contemporary-art-9783777444895","title":"Human Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of the convergences between tattoo culture and global contemporary art. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Presenting a range of media by fifteen artists who also tattoo, \u003ci\u003eHuman Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e unpacks how the ethics, strategies, and concerns of tattooing shape the artists' studio practices in experimental and revelatory ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Marks\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eHuman Marks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featured artists include Kaur Alia Ahmed, Oz Bardos, Makoto Chi, Nassim Dayoub, Evan Paul English, Gesiye, Don Ed Hardy, Ciara Havishya, Dr. Lakra, Christopher Martin, Duke Riley, Miller Robinson, Tamara Santibañez, Lyric Shen, and Jayna Won, with additional contributions by Kaur Alia Ahmed, Makoto Chi, Nassim Dayoub, Don Ed Hardy, Tamara Santibañez, Fiona Smith, Stevie Soares, Marcia Tucker, and V. Vale \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarrie Cushman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Edith Dale Monson Gallery Director at the Hartford Art School Galleries, University of Hartford, Connecticut. She is a curator and educator with a PhD in art history from Columbia University with a specialization in the histories of photography and contemporary art from Japan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hirmer Verlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864329847058,"sku":"9783777444895","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1bea1511-2c5c-4bfb-addd-1c7f95a70697.jpg?v=1767785379","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/human-marks-tattooing-in-contemporary-art-9783777444895","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}