Vintage Tattoo Flash: 100 Years of Traditional Tattoos from the Collection Jonathan Shaw: 100 Years of Traditional Tattoos from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw

Review Few have dipped so deeply or functioned so extensively in the cultural underbelly of our world than the notorious artist and adventurer, Jonathan Shaw. -Robert Williams Ranks with the best. -Johnny Depp A living example of human indestructibility that is hard to surpass. -Eugene Hutz (Gogol Bordello) Bold and striking images. -Kat Von D. An American classic, a traditionalist discarding history. -JUXTAPOZ Jonathan Shaw is an acknowledged master craftsman of the present era. -SECONDS Jonathan Shaw (is) a subversive and criminal inhabitant of the world of human expression. -Jim Jarmusch Jonathan Shaw is a shameless evildoer. -Marilyn Manson Jonathan Shaw is the great nightmare anti-hero of the new age. -Iggy Pop The images in the book, much like the bodies of those whose skin they adorned, read like a history of the cultural concerns of the time–from early nautical and military themes of patriotism and seafaring to the popular cartoon characters of a given era and our ever-shifting views on death, birth, and sex. –Esquire The pieces in Vintage Tattoo Flash come from the last century, but the highest concentration of work is from the 1900s to the 1960s. They represent much of the familiar iconography of American tattooing: ships, half-dressed women, birds of prey, panthers, daggers, roses, and, yes, hearts emblazoned with mom. Whats fascinating to see, by leafing through Shaws collection, is how the art form has evolved in the last hundred years. By the 1950s and 60s, the Sailor Jerry-esque American traditional designs begin to shift into different territory, influenced by other styles of tattooing: a touch of traditional Japanese here, a hint of realism there. –Mens Journal As seen on: The Guardian Graphics LA Weekly Ponyboy Magazine —- ISBN: 9781576877692 | ISBN10: 1576877698 | ISBN-13: 978-1576877692