Mar 06

SuicideGirls: Hard Girls, Soft Light: Tats, garters and brazen confidence in a photographic look at the underground movement

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SuicideGirls: Hard Girls, Soft Light

by Tara Fraser While pin-up girls have been around in some form for more than 100 years, the duo behind SuicideGirls paved their way onto the scene in 2001 by taking an alternative approach to mainstream notions of beauty. These days SuicideGirls are known internationally through their highly trafficked online…

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Jan 15

The Last Laugh: Morbid wristwatches for those short on time

Posted in: mrjones, skulls, tattooing, watchismo

The Last Laugh

Take a bite out of death with “The Last Laugh,” a pair of watches from Mr. Jones that sport hour and minute readouts on the bare teeth of human skulls. The hour marking on the upper teeth uses a “jump hour” feature that flips the time over on the…

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Nov 26

Horikazu + Spiritual Skin : Two new books cover traditional Japanese tattooing, tribal markings and scarification

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Horikazu + Spiritual Skin

As one of the oldest forms of body decoration and religious art, tattooing plays a significant role in cultures all over the world. While the custom has been extensively documented, few published works present such detail as Traditional Tattoo in Japan: Horikazu and Spiritual Skin: Magical Tattoos and Scarification,…

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Nov 13

Beyond Elegance: Art, espresso and amateur tattooing from Todd James and Alexis Ross

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Beyond Elegance

Opening tonight, 13 November 2012 at 560 Washington Street in NYC, artists Todd James and Alexis Ross are joining forces in a joint show called “Beyond Elegance.” Both pranksters in their own right, Ross and James are influenced by a self-taught aesthetic and penchant for farce. The duo and…

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