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2004 WOODSTOCK TATTOO &
BODY ARTS FESTIVAL:
THE DEFYING AND DEFINING OF FINE ART
From the September 2004 issue of Prick Magazine.
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 Tattoo by Patrick Conlon. |
 Tattoo by Adal. |
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The 2004 Woodstock Tattoo & Body Arts Festival, which will take place September 17-19 in Woodstock, NY, is a celebration of contemporary art at many levels. In this
unique festival, tattooing is the thread that connects other forms of popular contemporary art. Painting, sculpture, literature, film, music, fashion and photography
influence tattooing and are simultaneously influenced by tattooing. The festival brings the reality of these various art forms to life on a grand scale.
The Woodstock Tattoo Festival is by no means a conventional tattoo convention. It's a modern, alternative art and culture festival. For three days and nights in September,
The iconoclastic rock 'n' roll town is transformed into a massive living sculpture - America's first and only town-wide tattoo celebration.
The first Woodstock Tattoo & Body Arts Festival took place last year. It was a groundbreaking event unlike anything the tattoo and art world has ever seen. Fifteen local
establishments participated. Clubs, theaters, art galleries, restaurants
and dance halls played host to a vast array of non-stop
artistic action.
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 Painting by Isabel Samaras. |
 Painting by John John Jesse. |
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As anticipation for this year's festival builds, so too does festival
producers Bruce Bart and Curse Mackey's eagerness to present the
biggest and best exhibits of modern visionary arts on the East
Coast. For 2004, they have enlisted the talents of Erik Foss, coowner
of the Fuse Gallery(NYC) as well as tattoo artists Chris
"Crash" Midkiff, Mike Bellamy (Triple X Tattoo, NYC) and Sean
Vasquez (Triple X Tattoo, Vienna, Austria) to help create this
year's exhibits.
Festival highlights include: Tattooing by Frank Lee, James Kern,
Chris Dingwell, Joel Long, Mike Kirk, Damien Bart, Mark
Longenecker, Patrick Conlon,
Mike Bellamy, Sean Vasquez,
Crash, Paolo Acuna, Tom
Tattoo (Italy), Alex Nardini (Italy),
Hanz Van Der Velde(Holland), Dawn Cooke, Steve Boltz, Canman and
Needles (Last Rites), plus many more. Tattooing takes place at five venues
all within walking distance.
A huge event this year is a project called RIDES OF PASSAGE, cosponsored
by Burton Snowboards; 120 snowboards will be on display in
one of the sickest exhibits ever. Painted, carved, made pretty or pretty
dangerous by top tattoo, graffiti and visionary artists. This is a DO NOT
MISS exhibit. Participating artists include Filip Leu, Don Ed Hardy, Aaron
Cain, Sean Crofoot, Adrian Lee, Joe Capobianco, Jime Litwalk, Jason D'
Aquino, Mario Desa, Gunnar, Paco Excel, Ron Earhart, Spider Webb and
a 107 other twisted minds. The exhibit will debut in Woodstock and
then travel on the Burton World Tour in Tokyo, LA, NYC, Innsbruck,
Zurich, and wrap up in Burlington, VT., where the exhibit will be documented and find a final resting place in
a beautiful book that is underway as we speak. Oh... Pro Riders from Burton will participate in a RAIL
DEMONSTRATION, with snow being trucked in from an area hockey rink. Massive!
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For more info on the Woodstock Tattoo & Body Arts Festival please contact:
2004 Woodstock Tattoo & Body Arts Festival
Woodstock, NY
845.679.0007
www.woodstocktattoo.com
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