I'm a complete museum junkie. Just can't get enough of them. Want to see them all! So, while checking out Chihuly, I knew I couldn't just stop there and popped over to 'Tattoos. Ritual. Identity. Obsession. Art'; another exhibit I was dying to see.
Not only was it a visual treat with the designs and artistic works on display it was also a history lesson about the tools, the stigma, the practice of this old art form.
I love this Japanese painting. The look of utter discomfort expressed in her body with just the tiniest hint as to its source. I couldn't stop studying it.
This is a decorative plate of Rusty Fields, the most tattoo'd British woman. In America people purposely covered themselves in tattoos in order to join Side Shows and earn a living. Seeing a person covered in tattoos was an oddity to 'normal' society.
It was interesting to see this picture of a young Anna Gibbons juxtaposed to an older Anna Gibbons. She is covered in religious tattoos given to her by her husband.
Most favourite image of the whole exhibit. This would be me if I ever actually got a tattoo.
It was an enjoyable exhibit and if you want to check it out yourself you have to make it fast! It ends September 5, 2016.
Tickets available here
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100 Queen's Park,
Toronto, Ontario
Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 10:00AM-5:30PM
Friday 10:00AM-8:30PM
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