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seventh Son Tattoo all custom tattoos from the famous studio of Erik Rieth and Luke Stewart
WHO’S WHO
Tara McPherson
Paintings
Paul Booth at Giger Museum
CONVENTIONS
14th year - n° 75 - ISSN 1468-1382
Horiyoshi III an exclusive meeting with the master of Japanese tattooing
Barcelona Las Vegas Bay Area Trieste
A circle closes
H
enk Schiffmacher - known by all as Hanky Panky – has fulfilled the dream of a lifetime: he has created a museum which is dedicated to the art of tattooing. It is located in Amsterdam, the city where he has lived his whole life. With the help of various institutions and an understanding Dutch government, he has poured his whole private collection and donations received into The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum, the first museum of its kind in the world. It’s not a gallery; there are plenty of those around, but a centre which has finally made the world of tattoo art an institution. This is an achievement which every tattooing fan should be proud of because ATM is the official point of reference which has always been missing, the heart of tattooing in a world which is lacking in well-defined boundaries; to use a wonderful phrase coined by Henk himself “the new Rome of Tattoo Art”. The Amsterdam project has been a very ambitious one, a unique journey back in time discovering the history and culture of different populations, religions, traditions and techniques. But it also reflects the way this art is continuously evolving. I feel duty-bound to thank Henk personally because finally he has cleared up a problem for me...I started in this business about twenty years ago and throughout my twenty-year career I have been lucky enough to be able to collect over 500 originals such as paintings, flash, machines, sculptures etc... All created and donated by the most important tattoo artists on the international scene. It has always been a concern of mine, however, what might become of all these pieces after my death. I have no children and the people closest to me don’t share my passion for tattooing. So I’ve always worried that after my death my collection might end up in a warehouse, or worse still sold on e-bay or who knows what. The Amsterdam Museum has solved this problem for me. When I die I shall donate my whole collection to the Museum and close the circle, or rather give back to tattooing all that tattooing has given me: a wonderful life full of art which fills my house and my studio. It’ll be the chance to return the favours of all the artists who have presented me with pieces of their work, by giving them the chance to have their work admired by future generations in the most important exhibition centre this art has to offer. I’m hoping that this editorial might encourage other owners of large or small private collections, because it’s thanks to the contribution of all us tattoo lovers that the ATM can become a monument to which we have dedicated so much passion, and in many cases, our lives. Naturally these few lines are an invitation to go and visit the exhibition and to recommend it to clients and friends. In order for this museum to survive and endure throughout future decades it will need the support of all of us; each with their own contribution, big or small. I’m certain it won’t be let down. by Miki Vialetto
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Photography: Christian Saint facebook.com/thechristiansaint Cover Model: Sophia Vonne www.modelmayhem.com/1243470 sophiasalviejo@gmail.com
n°75
06 Spy
Artistic contamination
08 Shopping LIFE IN STYLE
10 Music
Dez Fafara By Simone Sacco
12 New Sounds
ECHoes from the UNDERGROUND
14 Who’s who
Tara McPherson: The dreams, women and tears of the great interpreter of pop surrealism. By Maurizio Candeloro
20 Barcelona XIV edition of this great Spanish event By Stefania Perosin
26 Cover girl Sophia Vonne By Simone Sacco
30 Horiyoshi III Interview with the great Japanese tattooist. By Alex Reinke Horikitsune
7th Son 52 The Tattoo
In San Francisco with Erik Rieth and Luke Stewart to meet the team in their famous tattoo shop. By Margherita Baleni
62 Culture
Religion and tattooing. By Luisa Gnecchi Ruscone
66 Amsterdam Tattoo Museum
38 Internet
The opening of the first museum dedicated to tattooing. By Margherita B.
40 Book
72 Bay Area
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78 Paintings
The best of the web
Dentouwaza: Japanese traditional tattooing in a magnificent book. By Stefania Perosin
Agenda
The Horitaka convention lights up the Bay Area. By Susana Victoria
International appointments with ink
Paul Booth at Giger Museum By Loretta Leu
Report of The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth from Las Vegas. By Susana Victoria
Tattoo Expo set amongst the beauty of Italy, the sea and Eastern Europe. By M.B.
44 Las Vegas 84 Trieste 89
FLASH
Phil Kyle and Guen Douglas
95 TATTOO COLLECTION
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