Now you can buy the sheet of tattos that came with the Nov/Dec 2007 Believer Art Issue all by themselves. To match the tattoos up with their descriptions, click on the "view images" link below.
The kitty-cat bride and groom, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, and the heart
with a sword through it are by Charles Burns.
1, 4, and 8 are by Gregory Blackstock, from his book Blackstock’s Collection: The Drawings of an Artistic Savant, published this year by Princeton Architectural Press.
2 is by Don Ed Hardy, who is interviewed on page 40 of the Believer Nov/Dec 2007 issue.
3 is by Steve Powers, whose book Studio Gangster was published in October by Ginkgo press, on the occasion of his show the Magic Word at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in Philadelphia.The show runs from October 20 through January 11, 2008.
5 is by Marcel Dzama, a New York–based artist who has exhibited internationally since 1996. He will exhibit new works of film and sculpture at Oficina para Proyectos de Arte (OPA) in Guadalajara, Mexico in December and at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York in March 2008.
6 is Lost Trophy (2005) by Walton Ford, watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink on paper, 78.1 x 303.5 cm.Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra, a hand-crafted, limited-edition showcase of Ford’s oeuvre, is out this month from Taschen.
7 is No Title (The train disvulgarized), by Raymond Pettibon, 1999, pen and ink on paper, 39 1⁄4" x 27 3⁄4 ", and appears courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
9 is by Ron Regé Jr, who publishes his cartoon books with Drawn & Quarterly, as well as with Buenaventura Press. His latest zine Sick Magic was published by soyfreinds in Norway. He also plays drums in the L.A. band Lavender Diamond.
10 is by www.paperrad.org. New goatee drawings will be published soon by Picturebox.
11 is by Ai Weiwei, interviewed on page 72 of the Nov/Dec 2007 Believer Art Issue.
12 is by Blexbolex, an illustrator and author in Paris.The image, called Complexe multipersonnel répondant au nom de Banks (or just Banks), first appeared in Crimechien, published in June 2007 by Pipifax.
13 is a bonus tattoo by Charles Burns. 14 is by PShaw, whose Strings comic strip has been appearing consecutively in Arthur magazine.Tattoo page printed by Savvi: savvi.biz.
