Contemporary Tattoos

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Bonadone
room Seoul
185
Tattoos
40
likes
12
followers
Watercolor
Contemporary

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Ksu Arrowdone
room Moscow 🇷🇺 · Brooklyn
351
Tattoos
182
likes
23
followers
Illustrative
Contemporary
+1

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Dabytzdone
room Morelia 🇲🇽
176
Tattoos
114
likes
23
followers
Line Art
Fine Line
+2

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Michele Volpi · mfoxdone
room Bologna
270
Tattoos
286
likes
82
followers
Contemporary
Line Art
+5

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Anja Junnidone
room Maribor
186
Tattoos
184
likes
12
followers
Minimalist
Line Art
+5

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Danilo Delfinodone
room On the road
31
Tattoos
37
likes
26
followers
Sketch Work
Abstract
+4

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Shindadone
room Barcelona 🇪🇸
31
Tattoos
8
likes
8
followers
Illustrative
Blackwork
+5

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Lillian "Honeybadger" Chendone
room Hillsborough
21
Tattoos
0
likes
2
followers
Line Art
Line Art
+60

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Baran Yilmazdone
room Istanbul
15
Tattoos
0
likes
0
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Black and grey
Realism
+4

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Caner Türkdoğandone
room Istanbul 🇹🇷
7
Tattoos
2
likes
2
followers
Contemporary
Illustrative
+3

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Hey.Nortedone
room Barcelona 🇪🇸
4
Tattoos
6
likes
3
followers
Blackwork
Line Art
+9

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Benny Tattooerdone
room Barcelona 🇪🇸
4
Tattoos
6
likes
3
followers
Neo Japanese
Japanese · Irezumi
+13

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Sasha Unisexdone
room Moscow 🇷🇺
51
Tattoos
49
likes
36
followers
Illustrative
Contemporary

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Èllëmdone
room Paris 🇫🇷
0
Tattoos
0
likes
1
follower
Hand Poked
Minimalist
+4

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Noondone
room Troyes 🇫🇷 · London 🇬🇧 · Berlin 🇩🇪
54
Tattoos
51
likes
31
followers
Illustrative
Contemporary
+1

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Liubov Sorokadone
room Kiev
7
Tattoos
12
likes
3
followers
Graphic
Contemporary
+2

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Xhomdadone
room Seoul 🇰🇷
13
Tattoos
22
likes
7
followers
Illustrative
Contemporary
+1

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Tatuajero Cosmicodone
room Buenos Aires 🇦🇷
22
Tattoos
33
likes
28
followers
Illustrative
Watercolor
+1

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Contemporary art is a blanket term to include all western art movements since the 1950s. Tattoos simulating any of these post-WWII styles is considered “contemporary art.”

Contemporary, or “of the moment” art, encompasses any creative expression from generations who are still alive. In some English-speaking communities, the word “modern” and “contemporary” are interchangeable, sometimes causing confusion. In art history, the Modern Art movement began in the late 1800s and concluded around the 1960s. There is some overlap, but Contemporary Art is still differentiated from Modern.

Strong and popular movements within the Contemporary period include, but are in no way limited to: Abstract, Expressionism, Pop Art, Realism, Surrealism and Postmodernism.

Post-WWII generations in the west tend to develop a voice for the individual that openly expresses tension with government and societal institutions. In capitalist countries, the often lower-income creative career can be viewed as an invalid way to contribute to society. This creates an ongoing conflict between art and industry or art and celebrity.

New media inventions and the establishment of the internet have also played a part in the delivery method of contemporary art. Computer-generated and digital video art, for example, have never been seen before in the history of humanity. Art can now also “go viral” in an international capacity, giving artists the ability to have an audience without funding from a benefactor or institution. New media has influenced every type of artistic craft, and tattoos are no exception. The spread of ideas has never been so instantaneous, and the line between independent art and corporate consumerism has never been more blurred.

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