Tattoo Nation is an exhibition of tattoo photos by Eric Schwartz at the Fulginiti Gallery on
CU Denver's Anschutz Medical Campus.
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Tattooing has multiple levels of meaning – physical, social, religious and personal. Becoming tattooed can be seen as a reclamation and reappropriation of the body, an affirmation of group identity and solidarity, a spiritual "manifesto" proclaiming the bearers deepest beliefs and aspirations, and an iconographically essentialized form of autobiography -- a pictorial narrative inscribed on the geography of the skin.
Eric Schwartz’s larger-than-life photographs focus on a style of tattoo artistry -- "black and grey" -- which initially flourished amidst the Chicano pachuco gang culture of Texas and Arizona. Tattoo Nation, conceived and directed by Schwartz, is an extension of the photographs in this exhibition and provides social, historical and cultural context in which the Black and Grey tattoo emerges and evolves.
The exhibition is open, and additional free film screenings will be held on October 12th at 6:30pm and November 1st at 3:30pm.
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