![From left to right: Anne Richard, curator and founder of the magazine HEY! modern art & pop culture; Elisa Durán, Deputy General Director of ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation, and Emmanuel Kasarhérou, president of the Musée du quai Branly, have presented the exhibition Tattoo. Art Under the Skin.](https://imagenes-mediahub.fundacionlacaixa.org/files/image_414_371/uploads/2024/01/24/65b1755defb94.jpeg)
CaixaForum Madrid presents the biggest exhibition ever devoted to the history of tattooing
02.12.21
2 minutos de lecturaTattoo. Art Under the Skin, produced and organised by Musée du quai Branly - Jaques Chirac of Paris and ’’la Caixa’’ Foundation, takes visitors on a journey into the unique universe of tattooing from an anthropological perspective, and analyses the resurgence of what is now a global phenomenon.
Taking a singular and innovative approach, the exhibition traces tattooists and tattooed across time periods and continents to explore the confluences that have made tattooing a global form of artistic expression. Among the personalities featured is the Filipina tattoo artist Whang-od Oggay, 104, often described as the last master to use batok (traditional handmade tattoo).
The exhibition features more than 240 historic and contemporary works, including paintings, drawings, photographs, books, objects – such as tools, masks and stamps – and audiovisuals, among others.
Visitors can also discover a score of prototypes of hyperrealist silicone body parts tattooed in ink, created expressly for the exhibition by masters of this art from different parts of the world: Horiyoshi III, Filip Leu, Mark Kopua, Kari Barba, Jee Sayalero, and Laura Juan – a Madrid artist whose work reflects on social isolation and uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic.