Dr Lakra inks Mexican tattoos on Japanese prints
31 Oct 2008
Mexican tattoo artist Dr Lakra is known for drawing macabre designs on found objects and images. During a visit to Japan last year, he inked hardcore tattoos on some fine antique ukiyo-e woodblock prints purchased at used bookstores. Some of these works were included in the “Goth” exhibition at the Yokohama Museum of Art in March, but a few of the more provocative tattooed shunga prints were refused because they offended museum officials.
Untitled (Hiroshima Tomonohira Take-Emon)
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Untitled (Yokohama doll)
Untitled (Shunga IV)
[Images: Kate MacGarry]
That was a damn scary doll.
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NICELY DONE!
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I’m diggin the tattooed doll the most, but they all rock.
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