I was invited to talk on a panel with Anna Friedman Herlihy (exhibit curator) Glen Davies (banner muralist) at Intuit (Outsider art museum in Chicago) for their upcoming exhibit: Freaks & Flash on Tattoo Flash and Circus Banners on Saturday, Sept. 26th @ 3pm.
Free and open to the public
Intuit will host a panel discussion with experts on tattoo history and circus banners and performers. The panelists are Freaks & Flash co-curator, Anna Friedman Herlihy; Amelia Klem Osterud, author of the forthcoming book The Tattooed Lady: A History (Nov. 2009, Speck Press); and former circus traveler turned artist, Glen Davies.
The exhibit itself runs:
September 11, 2009 - January 9, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, September 11, 5-8pm 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. |
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Co-curated Jan Petry and Anna Friedman Herlihy.
Intuit is located @ 756 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60642
phone: 312.243.9088 | fax: 312.243.9089
information: intuit@art.org
Intuit is located @ 756 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60642
phone: 312.243.9088 | fax: 312.243.9089
information: intuit@art.org
