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The Tattoo Collectors: Geoff Ostling
As a researcher who specialises in the preservation of tattooed human skin, I have encountered some extraordinary things stored away in archives, museums and private collections in the course of my work. But I don’t just work with the dead … Continue reading →
Posted in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Preservations, Tattoo Iconography, The Tattoo Collectors
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Tagged art collectors, bodysuit tattoos, contemporary tattoo collecting, contemporary tattoos, eX de Medici, film, Geoff Ostling, living tattoo donors, memorials, National Gallery of Australia, preserving skin, the tattoo as art
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Magic, Sex & Superstition: The Winged Phallus Tattoo
In January 2010, just 3 months into my PhD, I went to Paris on the first of what would be many research trips. Whilst there, I visited the anthropology department of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN) with my supervisors … Continue reading →
Posted in Museum Collections, Tattoo Iconography
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Tagged Ancient Rome, castration, comparative collections, contemporary tattoos, Fascinus, Father Liber, fertility charms, iconography, Musée de l'Homme, phallic symbolism, preserved tattooed skin, religion, sexuality, winged phallus tattoo, witchcraft
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