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TTT: Tattoo

By TTTism and Nick Schonberger
Laurence King Publishing
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TTT: Tattoo is a visually stunning art book that explores contemporary tattoo culture worldwide. Featuring over 300 leading studios and artists such as Scott Campbell and Kenji Alucky, it examines how historical tattoo styles blend with new trends. The book includes features on Chicano, Russian, and Asian tattooing, essays, and a global directory of top studios and artists, making it the ultimate gift for tattoo enthusiasts.
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Ideal for tattoo enthusiasts, art lovers, and anyone interested in contemporary visual culture and the global tattoo community.

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High-quality art book from a leading tattoo studio and cult tattoo publication Sang Bleu

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TTT: Tattoo is a visually stunning, high-quality art book that explores contemporary tattoo culture across the world. The book features the work of over 300 of the world's best studios and individuals, including Rock of Ages, Saved Tattoo, Into You, the Leu family, Scott Campbell, Duncan X, Maud Dardeau, Stephanie Tamez, Tomas Tomas, and Kenji Alucky.

Exploring the connections between tattoo culture today and seminal developments in the recent past, TTT examines how the historical styles of this most enduring art form blend into new ones.

With features on Chicano-style tattooing, Russian and contemporary Asian tattooing, as well as a selection of essays, contact information, and a worldwide directory of the best studios and artists, this is the ultimate gift for anyone with an interest in the art form.

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Praised as the "only coffee table book you'll ever need about inky skin" by Shortlist, with "incredible inkings" noted by MailOnline. Celebrated for showcasing "300 of the hottest designs from around the world" (Daily Star) and described as "essential" by Skin Deep, it is highly regarded across various media.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786270757

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 September 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 226.0mm

Height: 308.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 528

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Arts & Culture Laurence King Publishing Nick Schonberger Non-Fiction TTTism

About the Author

TTTism is headed by Maxime Plescia-Buchi, an artist whose work spans tattooing, typography, clothing design, creative direction and publishing. He founded Sang Bleu in 2006, and, though it began as a highly influential avant garde magazine, it has solidified as a global art project. Nicholas Schonberger is an academic, journalist and author. His work on tattooing has informed museum exhibitions (notably ‘Skin and Bones: Tattoos and the American Sailor’ – Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, USA, 2009) and featured in both books and magazines.

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