Torbay Tattoo Tales

Blog

Welcome to the Torbay Tattoo Tales blog. 

During the exhibition the project team and visiting academics will be blogging their thoughts, insights and general experience of being part of the project.

Tattoo Exhibition - A response

In response to working at the Tattoo Exhibition there are a number of ways the opportunity of volunteering and contributing to the Torbay Tattoo Tales archive has impacted my research and practice.

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Torbay Tattoo Tales - My contribution

I have really enjoyed the Tattoo Exhibition experience, in spite of some uncertainties before it began.

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Tattoos and the Archive

One of the important things about British Tattoo Art Revealed is the creation of an archive—collecting images of people’s tattoos and the stories behind them.

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Is there such thing as a ‘Torbay Tattoo’?

Are there any observations we can make about Torbay Tattoos? Are there any trends we can identify among the tattoos that have been submitted from this area? What sets them apart, if anything?

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The tattoo as legitimate art form: thinking about styles

Both the exhibition’s curator, art historian Dr Matt Lodder and Nick Schonberger, author of Forever, the New Tattoo, want us to see tattooing as an important, legitimate art form, and to view tattoos as works of art. And, Lodder urges us to think of them as perhaps ‘the best refection we have of the soul of modern life.’

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Skin and Story: Tattoos and Identity

Aims to challenge some of the longstanding preconceptions about the history and culture of tattooing and it asks along the way: What is distinctive about British tattooing? And, is there something distinctive about tattoos in the South West?

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One Man in Brixham

One man from Brixham's tattoo story. From the first tattoo to the stories behind the ones that followed.

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Fishing for Tattoo Tales in Brixham

The first time I ever came here one thing struck me: there is a lot of art in Torbay - it’s everywhere and it’s gloriously diverse and it’s worn by people.

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