Postmodern Tattoos

by Jared

February 27, 2009 at 3:50 pm
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Stuff White People Like has a comprehensive discussion of postmodern tattoos. Besides the ones they list, the only other cases of postmodern ink I’m aware of are the to-do list:
to-do list

And then of course Steve-O has the world’s largest gallery of postmodern tattoos:
Billy Bob
portrait: 'yeah dude, I rock!'

When I was shopping for a tattoo I considered getting something postmodern. In fact, I found my artist by Googling “postmodern tattoos”. I ended up getting a crafted (and therefore authentic), late-modern piece that is both abstract-minimalist and concrete-organic. And now that I write about it, it occurs to me that I need to work on the multiplicity of narratives surrounding it… (do you see what I did there?)

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  1. Jack

    on March 8, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Uh oh, observation changes the observed! This is now the 3rd Google hit for “Postmodern Tattoos”.

    You should do a series — Let fellow searchers pirate your index.

  2. Nate

    on October 9, 2009 at 7:25 am

    I agree with Jack, you should post some more about this! I was googling and found it too. Note: Why Steve-O, why…

    -Nate
    Wow Tattoos – Ambigram Tattoo Designs