Intuit Gallery
September 11, 2009 - January 9, 2010
Come show off your ink at the opening reception:
Friday, September 11, 2009, 5:00-8:00pm

more info: http://www.art.org/exhibitions/future.htm

Anna Friedman Herlihy, co-curator of Freaks & Flash and SAIC Visual and Critical Studies faculty, presents a talk on the history of tattooing in the West from the 1500s through 1900s
Saturday, September 12 at 11:00am
Learn more as Anna Friedman Herlihy presents a talk on the history of tattooing in the West from the 1500s through 1900s. From shipwrecked sailors to fur traders to religious pilgrims, this talk will reveal that Western tattooing has a longer and more complex history than is commonly believed.

Intuit is pleased to present Freaks & Flash, featuring artwork from the heyday of tattooing as a Western folk art. Tattoo flash (the design drawings for tattoos) will be combined with sideshow banners depicting tattooed performers and acetate stencils used for transferring tattoo designs on to the skin. From the early days of tattoo shops at the turn of the twentieth century until the beginnings of the tattoo "Renaissance" in the late 1960s and early 1970s, tattooing reflected a wide range of styles and motifs from the mundane to the extraordinary. From the work of "scratchers" to those who bridged the boundary between folk and fine art, the exhibit will offer a glimpse into the multi-faceted history of inscriptions on human skin through the artifacts left behind.

Tues-Sat 11am-5pm
Thurs 11am-7:30pm
Admission is free

Anna Friedman-Herlihy
http://www.saic.edu/people/Friedman-Herlihy_Anna.html?color=GREEN

Visual and Critical Studies, SAIC
http://www.saic.edu/degrees_resources/departments/vcs/index.html