Search Results for 'art'

Body art culture redefines free expression

The definition of art has been an area of contention possibly from the very first time someone hung a portrait on a wall. Over the years, countless talented artists and art appreciators have struggled to come up with a universally accept [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Planning board drafts body art bylaw

Planning board members discussed and revised a proposed bylaw Monday night pertaining to the construction and operation of “body art establishments,” in time to place the proposal on this year’s annual Town Meeting Warr [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Looking for Valley's best body art

Jay Chetwynd and Jason Mahar take pride in bringing unique subculture events to the Annapolis Valley, and local rock n’ roll fans will be pleased to hear they’re up to their old tricks. Two years ago, the pair lured fire-brea [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Women embrace tattoos as art

They used to be the ultimate mark of masculinity, proudly displayed on tough young men's biceps. But now tattoo artists say that more than half of their customers are women of all ages and backgrounds. Darren Watkins, senior artist a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Augmented Reality Tattoos Animate Your Body Art

Augmented Reality is a technology that allows you to see things through a camera or computer that you simply wouldn't see with the naked eye. Once the lens recognizes the AR object, it can project that object's programmed image o [...]

Posted On : Feb, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Body Art Carnivale links with Eumundi Live

Organisers of the annual Australian Body Art Carnivale say it promises to be bigger and brighter this year, with competitors and visitors in for a feast of colour, creativity, music and good times. The Carnivale takes places in the Sunsh [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

New body art: Why fashion is going wild for the temporary ta...

Even the pop charts are obsessed with it. “You want a temporary tattoo, don’t you?” warble the Sugababes over and over. They may be talking kisses, but the rest of us are talking Chanel, particularly the Chanel temporar [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Bad enough to wear a tattoo: Study connects body art and soc...

A research study has come out, trying to define the relationship between body art and deviance among college students in America. Remember the days of the Hell’s Angels? Of Sid and Nancy and Billy Idol? Remember when a piercing mea [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Body art is simply awful

It is with growing concern that I write about the amount of tattoos young people are now sporting. It is beyond me why they have such monstrosities plastered all over there bodies. Is it because they are not happy with how they look? Is [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Body art expo arrives at Fairplex in Pomona

The Tattoo and Body Art Expo returned to Fairplex accompanied by loud rock music and the elaborately decorated patrons who flock to the event. More than 200 tattoo artists will apply tattoos and piercings through Sunday. Gates opened at 2 p [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

The ultimate transfer: Why Daisy's chain tattoo is the lates...

It is nothing new for a celebrity to be seen with a new tattoo - in fact it's almost de rigueur if you want to make the A-list. But Daisy Lowe's latest body art stunned onlookers when she launched her Swarovski jewellery collection last wee [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Daylesford draws in body art awards

DAYLESFORD will host the Australian Body Art Awards in 2011, event founder Maria Mormile has announced. Ms Mormile, who describes body art as a "risque way" to express one's self, recently moved to Daylesford, and has set up a bod [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

What celebrities' body art really means

Rihanna The Umbrella singer, 21, has “Never a failure, always a lesson” – which she says is her motto – upside down and backwards so she can read it in the mirror. Peaches Geldof Sir Bob’s wild-child daugh [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Study: 'Body art' linked to 'deviance'

A Texas Tech University sociology study suggests a correlation between multiple pieces of "body art," aka tattoos or piercings, and "deviant behavior."Jerome Koch said his "Body Art Team" surveyed 1,753 student [...]