Body Art - Expressing Yourself And Crews With Tattoos
Tattooing, (body art) or (tattoos) have been part of our culture for hundreds if
not thousands of years, this way of expressing yourself has always been there, however, during the 90's and 2000's it literally sky rocketed in it's popularity thanks to popular television programes, the internet and celebrities and favorite sports stars adorning themselves with complex designs.
These days body art is over the place, and over the last decade body piercings have also often become associated with tattooing in a big way too.
Body art these days is liked by people all over the world no matter race or creed tattoo designs are universal as they give a person the ability to express themselves through art, albeit through permanently marking their skin, whether it be daffy duck, dragons, satanic and skull references, whatever the design it can used or modified to suit a persons requirements.
Body Art Gang and Prison Culture
Hoods, street gangs and criminal punks also use tattoo designs on their body as an identifier or to display being an affiliate to a particular gang or crew, in this world of gang affiliation and criminal activity, it can be seen as a measure of respect to have ones fellow crew members name tattooed onto yourself should they die for their crew whilst doing criminal activities or gang related activity in or outside of prison.
There are instances where a person has undergone training and have studied gangland behaviour to help the police and detectives to identify the gangs signature and culture and way of thinking, this also helps the law enforcement agencies to keep an vigilant eye on a member of a gang that they feel poses a threat.
Body Art, Will It Be Around For The Foreseeable Future?
Through the years tattoo designs have generally often been linked with people that of a rebellious lifestyle, you know, the kind of person that doesn't take any crap and want to say "Screw You" to their environment and they use tattoo designs to convey their message.
No matter what someone may say about tattoos, or the apparent lack of respect for this ancient art, body art are generally not gross or disgusting. Tattoos are often a wonderful way of conveying something about yourself to others through designs, however, I can understand why someone would think they are horrible especially as there are times when you look at someone and think to yourself "You should of stopped earlier" a person can become addicted to getting inked and it may start at the back but end being a full body piece.
From the "Bad Ass" to the normal person, body art has become so mainstream in today's pop culture that there are galleries that hold exhibitions of everything to do with tattooing and tattoo designs.
It should be noted that probably about 20 years ago this would of been unheard of generally because then tattoos was a very frowned upon subject in society. With that being said though, a man at a tattoo convention summed it up nicely when he said "Tattoos rule, and it will never go out of fashion" that statement will still apply in 10, 20 and 30 years time, as long as people have a desire to adorn themselves with designs that express themselves tattoos will be around forever.
There may still be some taboo associated with body art for some older people but they are still one of the most popular way of expressing yourself the world over in many a culture and it also looks likely that this trend will continue for some time yet and with kids looking up to celebrities and sportsmen and sportswomen who have adorned themselves in complex tattoo designs, young people no longer see or think tattoos as a taboo subject and have instead embraced it.
by: kian riley
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