French artist Sandrine Boulet sees the world differently from the rest of us. You see a skyscraper, she sees Batman. You see a dog's tail, she sees Andy Warhol. A self-proclaimed 'hallucinartist', Sandrine, snaps everyday objects and then draws over them to create images that put a smile on your face. If you happen to be in London and you find yourself in need of an art fix, head straight for Hoxton Square. Her Londovisions is on show at KK Outlet until June 27.
The idea of preserving tattoos after death came into existence long before NAPSA . London's Wellcome Collection has over 300 specimens of preserved human flesh bearing tattoos , collected in the late 19th century. There are many more examples of smaller collections in Paris, Poland, Portugal, Berlin, and Austria. But what fascinates me the most is this lesser-known museum at Tokyo University, the Medical Pathology Museum, which houses pieces of skin collected since 1926 by Dr. Masaichi Fukushi. "Fukushi would perform autopsies on donated cadavers and dissect off just the skin. He created a method of treatment to preserve the skin and kept them stretched in a glass frame, essentially like a leather. Later the ownership of the tattooed skin collection was passed on to Fukushi's son Katsunari. Katsunari added a further 20 tattooed skins himself and it's believed that the Medical Pathology Museum has 105 in its collection, many with full body suits." ...
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