Are tattoos art?
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Are tattoos art?
As with everything else in art, it may be a matter of taste. Clearly there's much personal interest in it.
So what do you think about tattoos? Are they art or something else?
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Re: Are tattoos art?
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Re: Are tattoos art?
Or what's the difference between art or craft?
I'd say most of it would be commercial art and faux outsider art. Some of the serious work would qualify as fine art, though some would rattle their pearls in disapproval.
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Re: Are tattoos art?
Why would tattoos NOT be considered as art?
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Only one leg?Thinking critical wrote:Obviously tattoos are art, there is NO question about it. I have two full sleeves half my chest and am now starting on my back, next will be my leg.
Why would tattoos NOT be considered as art?
Tattoos could be called living art. They do move when a muscle is flexed. They change shape when the skin grows older or the person gains/loses weight. Tattoo art can also be called walking art or art on the move. When the person with tattoos dies the art is dead art, or dying art as in decomposes with time. This art is also one of a kind even if the same tattoo is on more than one person because the canvas is always different and unique bodies. I think those with tattoos should take pristine photos and sell them as art to hang in homes and museums. Maybe that is already being done- I don't know.
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"When the person with tattoos dies the art is dead art."
The statement is inaccurate as it takes time for the body to decompose. I'm sure Misty meant that the tattoo will disappear in time.
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Exactly what I meant, I thought it would be understood as such. Thanks for the clarification. I edited my post to reflect this clarification.Philosophy Explorer wrote:Misty said:
"When the person with tattoos dies the art is dead art."
The statement is inaccurate as it takes time for the body to decompose. I'm sure Misty meant that the tattoo will disappear in time.
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Re: Are tattoos art?
Art is the context, the drawing and what people make of it. Surely it doesn't matter if it happens to be on ones body?
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Tattoos are not the only way humans turn their bodies into art. Makeup, jewelry, body piercing, burning, enhancing parts, reducing parts, on and on. Come to think of it each person, per se, is a work of art. Tattoos etc., enhance the original work of art.Theophane wrote:If tattoos are treated as art, they *are* art. Even graffiti can be considered art. Art is a fairly nebulous idea that is extremely difficult to capture in words.
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