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moominmuppet) wrote2008-09-14 07:17 am
moominmuppet) wrote2008-09-14 07:17 am
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Final list of images for ongoing tattoo work...
Previous bodyart posts, for context
I still need to talk this over with Chris; I'll probably email him a link to this post, actually. The images as scanned aren't great quality, but I wanted a way to see them all in about the same size, and they give you a general idea, at least. There's a set of three where I've roughly cut and pasted the head of one piece on the body of the other, and included the two complete source images, to give a general idea of where I'm going, and there are several pieces at the end that are very much in the "maybe" category.
Source Images
Definitely Floating Figure by Gaston Lachaise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gaston_lachaise_floating_figure.JPG 1932 France
Definitely Seated Narayit figure (merger of two) http://www.barakatgallery.com/Store/Index.cfm/FuseAction/ItemDetails/UserID/0/TopMenuID/5/requesttimeout/500/ItemID/7187.htm Pre-Columbian Mexico
Definitely Seated Narayit figure (merger of two) http://www.barakatgallery.com/Store/Index.cfm/FuseAction/ItemDetails/UserID/0/TopMenuID/5/requesttimeout/500/ItemID/6633.htm Pre-Columbian Mexico
Definitely Lakshmi http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/image/54741836 ?? India
Definitely Fanti Fertility Doll http://www.novica.com/itemdetail/index.cfm?pid=119945 Modern Ghana
Definitely Standing Woman by Zhang Yaxi http://www.zhangyaxi.com.cn/en/sculpture_portfolio/Standing%20Woman/ Modern China
Definitely Leaping Woman http://www.goddess-gift.co.uk/images/products/sculpture/leapingwoman/leaping_03.jpg Modern United States
Definitely Inuit Figure in Ivory 19th Century Alaska, US
Hopefully Egyptian kneeling woman with large thighs not online Pre-3,000 bce Egypt
Hopefully Communion II by Joanna Mallin-Davies Modern Wales
Hopefully Indian Baubo 200 bce Uttar Pradesh, India
Hopefully Baubo touching her vulva http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/zxBauboBeset.htm unknown Greece
Hopefully Austerfield Sheela-Na-Gig http://www.sheelanagig.org/SheelaAusterfield.htm 12th Century England
Maybe Standing Woman by Gaston Lachaise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Standing_woman.jpg 1932 France
Maybe Seated fat nude http://www.werner-forman-archive.com/timelines.htm 6000-3000 bce Sumeria/Anatolia
Maybe Cloaked Sheela-Na-Gig from Sainte-Radegonde in Poitiers http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/sheela2.htm ??
Maybe Venus of Lespugue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Lespugue 20,000 bce France
These are the pieces that are already on; not part of the slideshow, but visible in the tattoo links in the bodyart posts referenced above:
On Venus of Laussel 20,000 bce France
On Venus of Galgenberg 30,000 bce Austria
On Sea Mother ?? Northwest US
On Double-Goddess 25,000 bce France
On Torso in Elk Bone 4,500 bce Yugoslavia
On Epigrathian Curled Woman 8,000 bce Romania
Too bad it'd be such a hassle to scan in all the other stuff I found; I have a binder overflowing with images that I had to eliminate, or weren't right for this piece, but were gorgeous and fascinating in their own right.
I'd be curious to hear people's perspectives on using work by living artists, and what level of permission I should ethically gain before using images of their pieces in my personal tattoo work. Also, opinions in general welcome; it's really unlikely I'll be able to work in every piece, for stylistic and space reasons (although we have a lot of skin to work with; from my midback down over my butt and around my thigh). Making that more difficult, a large part of what I'm celebrating is variety across times and cultures, which means not picking all the pieces that are most stylistically similar to each other. I've stuck with sculpture to give some commonality to the pieces, but it's only thanks to what Chris can do that we can manage to make them work in one piece, so his input will have a lot to do with final decisions, too.
I still need to talk this over with Chris; I'll probably email him a link to this post, actually. The images as scanned aren't great quality, but I wanted a way to see them all in about the same size, and they give you a general idea, at least. There's a set of three where I've roughly cut and pasted the head of one piece on the body of the other, and included the two complete source images, to give a general idea of where I'm going, and there are several pieces at the end that are very much in the "maybe" category.
Source Images
Definitely Floating Figure by Gaston Lachaise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gaston_lachaise_floating_figure.JPG 1932 France
Definitely Seated Narayit figure (merger of two) http://www.barakatgallery.com/Store/Index.cfm/FuseAction/ItemDetails/UserID/0/TopMenuID/5/requesttimeout/500/ItemID/7187.htm Pre-Columbian Mexico
Definitely Seated Narayit figure (merger of two) http://www.barakatgallery.com/Store/Index.cfm/FuseAction/ItemDetails/UserID/0/TopMenuID/5/requesttimeout/500/ItemID/6633.htm Pre-Columbian Mexico
Definitely Lakshmi http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/image/54741836 ?? India
Definitely Fanti Fertility Doll http://www.novica.com/itemdetail/index.cfm?pid=119945 Modern Ghana
Definitely Standing Woman by Zhang Yaxi http://www.zhangyaxi.com.cn/en/sculpture_portfolio/Standing%20Woman/ Modern China
Definitely Leaping Woman http://www.goddess-gift.co.uk/images/products/sculpture/leapingwoman/leaping_03.jpg Modern United States
Definitely Inuit Figure in Ivory 19th Century Alaska, US
Hopefully Egyptian kneeling woman with large thighs not online Pre-3,000 bce Egypt
Hopefully Communion II by Joanna Mallin-Davies Modern Wales
Hopefully Indian Baubo 200 bce Uttar Pradesh, India
Hopefully Baubo touching her vulva http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/zxBauboBeset.htm unknown Greece
Hopefully Austerfield Sheela-Na-Gig http://www.sheelanagig.org/SheelaAusterfield.htm 12th Century England
Maybe Standing Woman by Gaston Lachaise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Standing_woman.jpg 1932 France
Maybe Seated fat nude http://www.werner-forman-archive.com/timelines.htm 6000-3000 bce Sumeria/Anatolia
Maybe Cloaked Sheela-Na-Gig from Sainte-Radegonde in Poitiers http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/sheela2.htm ??
Maybe Venus of Lespugue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Lespugue 20,000 bce France
These are the pieces that are already on; not part of the slideshow, but visible in the tattoo links in the bodyart posts referenced above:
On Venus of Laussel 20,000 bce France
On Venus of Galgenberg 30,000 bce Austria
On Sea Mother ?? Northwest US
On Double-Goddess 25,000 bce France
On Torso in Elk Bone 4,500 bce Yugoslavia
On Epigrathian Curled Woman 8,000 bce Romania
Too bad it'd be such a hassle to scan in all the other stuff I found; I have a binder overflowing with images that I had to eliminate, or weren't right for this piece, but were gorgeous and fascinating in their own right.
I'd be curious to hear people's perspectives on using work by living artists, and what level of permission I should ethically gain before using images of their pieces in my personal tattoo work. Also, opinions in general welcome; it's really unlikely I'll be able to work in every piece, for stylistic and space reasons (although we have a lot of skin to work with; from my midback down over my butt and around my thigh). Making that more difficult, a large part of what I'm celebrating is variety across times and cultures, which means not picking all the pieces that are most stylistically similar to each other. I've stuck with sculpture to give some commonality to the pieces, but it's only thanks to what Chris can do that we can manage to make them work in one piece, so his input will have a lot to do with final decisions, too.