Foreword / James Elkins -- Introduction -- United States and Canada : Amanda Wachob, New York ; Duke Riley, New York ; Stephanie Tamez, New York ; Nick Colella, Chicago ; BJ Betts, Wilmington ; Dana Melissa Dixon, Newport ; Megan Hoogland, Mankato ; Jessica Weichers, Festus ; James Kern, Portland ; Kore Flatmo, Cincinatti ; Marina Inoue, Richmond ; Miya Bailey, Atlanta ; Nick Baxter, Austin ; Shannon Purvis Barron, Columbia ; Elle Festin, Stanton ; Jose Lopez, Fountain Valley ; Zulu, Los Angeles, Austin ; Jill 'Horiyuki' Bonny, San Francisco ; Roxx, San Francisco ; Dion Kaszas, Salmon Arm ; Riki-Kay Middleton, Guelph ; Safwan, Montreal ; Mikel, Kelowna ; Sarah Johnson, Toronto -- Latin America : Pedro Alvarez, Mexico City ; Sanya Youalli, Palenque ; Stomper, Guadalajara ; Daniel Campos, Concepción ; Henrique Mattos, Rio De Janeiro ; Nazareno Tubaro, Buenos Aires ; Miguel Dark, Bogotá ; Pierre Bong, Paramaribo -- Europe : Dan Sinnes, Luxembourg City ; Lionel Fahy, itinerant, France ; Mikael De Poissy, Poissy ; Nuno Costah, Oporto ; Massimiliano 'Crez' Freguja, Venice ; Sake, Athens ; Deno, Madrid, London ; Chris Lambert, London, Leeds ; Claudia De Sabe, London ; Little Swastika, Tengen ; Peter Aurisch, Berlin ; Caro Wilson, Berlin ; Sebastian Winter, Hamburg ; Simone Pfaff and Volker Merschky, Würzburg ; Susanne 'Susa' Konig, Amsterdam ; Rico Schinkel, Tønsberg ; Colin Dale, Copenhagen ; Róbert Borbás, Budapest ; Dmitry Babakhin, St. Petersburg ; Karolina Czaja, Warsaw ; Victor Portugal, Kraków ; Zele, Zagreb -- Africa and the Middle East : Orne Gil, Cairo ; Poli Somalomo, Congo ; Tirga Poli, North Cameroon ; Sam Ije, Benin ; Shaun Dean, Muizenberg ; Rasty Knayles, Johannesburg ; Pius, Mueda Plateau ; Yasmine Bergner, Tel Aviv ; Razzouk Family, Jerusalem ; Huzz, Amman, Dubai -- Asia : Joey Pang, Hong Kong ; Leon Lam, Hong Kong ; Tang Ping, Beijing ; Yang 'YZ' Zhou, Beijing ; Andy Shou, Taiwan ; Kil Jun, Seoul ; Ajarn Thoy, Bangkok ; Elson Yeo, Singapore ; Taku Oshima, Tokyo ; Horimitsu, Tokyo ; Genko, Nagoya ; Danis Nguyen, Saigon ; Obi, Kolkatam Mumbai ; Mo Naga, Dimapur ; Manjeet Singh, New Delhi ; Mohan Gurung, Kathmandu -- Australia and the Oceanic Islands : Alison Manners, Brisbane ; Benjamin Laukis, Melbourne ; Tatu Lu, Mullumbimby ; Julia Mage'au Gray, Darwin ; Keone Nunes, Wai'anae ; Aisea Toetu'u, Honolulu ; Rodney "Ni" Powell, Hilo ; Wilson Fatiaki, Nadi ; Mate, Moorea ; Leo Pugram, Yap ; Mokomae Araki, Rapa Nui ; Mark Kopua, Porirua ; Steve Ma Ching, Auckland ; Julie Paama-Pengelly, Mount Maunganui ; Sulu'ape Family, Upolu ; Nukumoana Group, Honiara ; Durga, Yogyakarta ; Ade Itameda, Jakarta, Rotterdam ; Whang-Od, Buscalan ; Ernesto Kalum, Kuching -- Tattoo motifs.
Summary:
Lively and informative, The World Atlas of Tattoo is a superbly illustrated and compelling reference book that, through examining the meeting point between tattoo artists and their personal understanding of their environment, presents a well-informed and nuanced account of what has become a widespread art practice. Organized geographically, each section is introduced by a short historical overview of the types of tattooing traditionally practised in that area of the world, enabling the reader to trace historical threads in the careers of some of the profiled tattooers, as well as marvel at how other artists have managed to create novel forms of tattooing that transcend any previous context. The book also tracks the movement of styles from their indigenous settings to diasporic communities, where they have often been transformed into creative, multicultural, hybrid designs.Written by an international team of scholars, historians and journalists, this comprehensive atlas will enlighten and excite anyone who is passionate about tattoo art in its many forms worldwide.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.