Rosanna Hill charts the history of tattoos and remarks on its prevalence today Tattoos are often viewed as a radical or rebellious choice (especially if you want to piss off your parents) but this body decoration has been a part of society for thousands of years. The oldest human tattoos ever uncovered in archaeology are […]
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Taking on tattoos
When I was younger my mum brought me up to believe tattoos were distasteful – threatening that I’d be out of the house if I ever came home with one. However, although my brother nearly induced a heart attack when she saw his, she did come to accept it due to the fact that it […]
Is Performance Art a Form of Expression or Not Real Art?
A work was exhibited in the Serpentine Gallery in 1995 entitled ‘The Maybe’ in which a figure lay on a bare bed in a glass cabinet for eight hours a day and seven days a week. The figure in question was the actor Tilda Swinton, ten years before she would become the White Witch in […]