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On Pascal Bagot’s initiative, a journalist specialisedin the tattoo press, the idea to invite tattoo artists totake over the museumin the 6thdistrictof Paris was born. A short-livedexhibition of tattoo photos on the theme of Mucha and a performance by Henrik Grysbjerg was organized for theoccasion. (Saturday november 24, 2018)
Alphonse Mucha is a painter, poster designer and illustrator of Czech origin from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became famousby creating posters for Sarah Bernhardt’s shows and later on was the most recognized Art Nouveau artist.His drawings, which havestrong lines and background ornaments, are a perfect match for tattoos.Atattoo, in order to endure timeand sunlight,needs contrast and clear lines. Muchabecomesa real source of inspiration for tattoo artistsall over the world. And the many works presented at theevent prove it.
On this occasion a performance around tattooing was realized by Henrik Grysbjerg,afamous tattoo artist from Toulouse. For nearly three hours he customized the exhibition’sposter with a superb Japanese dragon using a graphic tablet projected on a large screen.
Mucha and tattoo
In addition to Alphonse Mucha’s superb exhibition, we were able to admire photos of tattoos madeby Samoth, Lionel Mr Biz, Alix Gé, Roberto Dardini, Easy Sacha among others. Many tattoo artists were there regardless of wether they were participating in the event or not. A very nice evening which also allowed us to visit the Mucha exhibition. Our thanksgoto Pascal Bagot for thisgreat moment.
