Art and transformation.
Myriam Black tattoos Dürer and Polke
The art event is part of Sigmar Polke. Athanor NOW, a project of the Anna Polke Foundation.
sigmar-polke-athanor-now.com
Art lives from art. The copying and transforming of artistic predecessors has been part of art history since its very beginning. Sigmar Polke repeatedly drew on Albrecht Dürer, undertaking a shift in medium every time. 500 years after Dürer, his work is now more than ever a source of inspiration for artists around the world working in a wide variety of media and techniques.
In tattoo art as well, Dürer has become a frequently cited figure since the emergence of the so-called engraving or woodcut style about 15 years ago. Much like Sigmar Polke, tattoo artists take individual motifs from Dürer’s visual stockpile and modify them. These transformative artistic quotations develop a life of their own. They transform the human body and are, in turn, transformed by it. In that sense, the metaphor of the Athanor invoked by Polke also applies to the tattooed body.
The human body emerges as a living image carrier and becomes part of the artwork. This merging of people and images could also be experienced in a different way in Polke's reflective installation from 1986. Adults will be able to get a small tattoo based on designs by Dürer and Polke.
Information on booking, duration, price and flashes will follow shortly. Stay tuned!
Information about the artist:
Myriam Black
Tattoo artist, Bristol
myriamblack.com
Instagram: @myriam_black_tattoo
myriam.black.tattoo@gmail.com
Mayriam Black was part of the exhibition project (exhibition and catalogue) "Dürer under your skin. Tattoo art" (12.4.-12.10.2024, Albrecht-Dürer-Haus Nürnberg)
In 2023, she tattooed art historical motifs from the museum’s collection at the Museum Folkwand in Essen.
In 2024, Myriam Black tattooed at the Grafischen Sammlung of ETH Zürich at the exhibition opening "Albrecht Dürer. Defying norms, setting standards".
A museum is not a tattoo studio. Please be aware that we do our best, but hygienic conditions may vary.
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Follow-up treatments or complications are not covered by health insurance.