Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment and Ritual (RE/Search, 12)
First published 20 years ago, Modern Primitives is still called the bible of the tattooingpiercing underground. Here is a celebratory reprinting, complete with a new introduction by original editor/publisher V. Vale.Interviews with 15 tattoo and body modification artists. Modern Primitives examines a vivid contemporary enigma: the growing revival of highly visual (and sometimes shocking) primitive body modification practices tattooing, multiple piercing, and scarification.
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First published 20 years ago, Modern Primitives is still called the bible of the tattooingpiercing underground. Here is a celebratory reprinting, complete with a new introduction by original editor/publisher V. Vale.Interviews with 15 tattoo and body modification artists. Modern Primitives examines a vivid contemporary enigma: the growing revival of highly visual (and sometimes shocking) primitive body modification practices tattooing, multiple piercing, and scarification.
