| Ed Hardy: Deeper Than Skin: Art of the New Tattoo Contributor(s): Breuer, Karin (Author), Fowler, Sherry (Contribution by), Gunderson, Jeff (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 084786734X ISBN-13: 9780847867349 Publisher: Rizzoli Electa OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Body Art & Tattooing - Art | Individual Artists - Monographs - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General |
| Dewey: 709.040 |
| LCCN: 2019017481 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 9.3" W x 10.4" (3.20 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Legendary American tattoo artist Ed Hardy's groundbreaking tattoos, flash, drawings, and artworks are gathered together for the first time in one brash book. Ed Hardy's (b. 1945) unique vision spans decades, creating an indelible mark on popular culture. Accompanying a major exhibition, this profusely illustrated survey of his life in art traces his inspirations, rooted both in traditional American tattooing of the first half of the twentieth century and in the imagery of Japan's ukiyo-e era. Hardy, raised in Southern California, became intrigued with tattoo art at the age of ten, setting up shop in his parents' den. After attending the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1960s, he rejected a graduate fellowship from Yale to apprentice at studios up and down the West Coast. It was his intention to rescue tattooing from its subculture, outsider status and elevate it to at least the level of folk art. Hardy's success at breathing new life into the art form is chronicled in a plethora of tattoo designs, paintings, drawings, prints, and three-dimensional work spanning fifty years. While the world that inspires him may be lost, Hardy's distinct visual language is vibrantly alive within American visual vernacular, synonymous to some with the spirit of the West Coast itself. |