RON HENGGELER |
October 12, 2019
Ed Hardy, "Deeper Than Skin", at the de Young Museum
I recently visited the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park to see the Ed Hardy Show. The show ran from July 13th to October 6th, 2019.
It was first museum retrospective of renowned tattoo artist and California native Ed Hardy.
Sunrise in San Francisco from my window, on Saturday, October 12, 2019 |
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The tower of the de Young Museum |
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The Courtyard of the de Young |
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Between Sign and Subjectby Matt MullicanIn the Dede Wilsey Courtyard at the de Young |
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To visit Ed Hardy's web site, go to: Tattoo City |
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Entrance into the Ed Hardy Show |
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Deeper than Skin will feature paintings, drawings, prints and three-dimensional works by famed tattoo artist Ed Hardy in a retrospective format that begins with a selection of drawings from the 1950s, when the young artist became fixated on the art of tattooing. Photographs and sketched tattoo designs by the ten-year-old Hardy will be on view, all of them taken at or inspired by the tattoo parlors of the Long Beach Pike, an amusement zone not far from his Corona del Mar home. When Hardy was a teenager, his interest turned from tattooing to creating imagery inspired by the Southern California hot-rod, custom-car, and surf cultures. In high school, an influential teacher directed him to investigate contemporary art and literature, including Pop Art and Beat poetry. Hardy made trips to visit Los Angeles galleries, including the now-legendary Ferus Gallery, where he saw the work of Andy Warhol, Bruce Conner, John Altoon, and Philip Guston. Hardy’s drawings and collages from this period show their influence and will be exhibited alongside works that have what Hardy describes as “strident humanist bent.”This text was respectfully copied from the de Young's website, here. |
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Smith Bros. Patriotic, 1962Oil on paper
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Untitled, 1964Watercolor, graphite, and silverpoint on prepared paper board |
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Fetal Skull #1, 1964Watercolor, graphite, and silverpoint on prepared paper board |
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In Memory of Sailor Jerry Collins, World's Leading Tattoo Artist, 1911-1973, 1973Black ink and watercolor on paper board |
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Ciudad Tatuaje (Tattoo City), 1978Ink and watercolor on paper board |
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Sitting and Waiting with the Heat On, 1975Black ink and transparent and opaque watercolor on paper board |
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Chinese Lion, 1974Black ink and watercolor on paper board |
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Untitled tattoo design, (B430), 1975Black ink and watercolor on paper board |
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Untitled, 1974Black ink and transparent and opaque watercolor on paper board |
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Detail of the wall of tattoo flash boards |
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Detail of the wall of tattoo flash boards |
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Making it, 1969Black ink and watercolor on illustration board |
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Untitled (tattoo design for chest), 1969Black ink and opaque watercolor on paper board |
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Detail of the wall of tattoo flash boards |
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Detail of the wall of tattoo flash boards |
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Untitled, (tattoo design for full chest and partial thigh), n.d.Colored pencil on tracing paper |
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Stepping Razor: The Spirit of Taira no Tonomori Seeking Revenge on the Forces of Yoshitsune (tattoo design for back), 1980Black ink and transparent and opaque watercolor on paper board |
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Snake Shaman (tattoo design for back and buttocks), 1991Black ink porous point pen, colored pencil, and watercolor, with corrections by the artist in white correction fluid on tracing paper |
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Climber, 2011Color lithograph |
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Red Tiger in Wind, 2010Oil, acrylic, digital prints, and resin on panel |
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My Blue Muse, from the set The Mysterious East, 1995 |
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Kitsune Sana (tattoo design for upper arm, ribs, and thigh), 1981Black ink and colored pencil on tracing paper |
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Rock of Ages Diving, 1988Watercolor and black ink on paper |
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Tweeters Recovery, 1995Color lithograph |
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Nurse Mercy, 1995 Color lithograph |
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History Surfer, 2007Oil paint, digital print, and resin on panel |
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Surf Naked, 2005Color lithograph with metallic gold power |
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Prince Buster, 1995Color lithograph |
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Wipe Out (Chopped), 1999Acrylic and handmade red paper |
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Detail of 2000 Dragons |
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Detail of 2000 Dragons |
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Detail of 2000 Dragons |
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Detail of 2000 Dragons |
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Free Range and Howboy, 2009Color lithograph with gold leaf |
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Twins, 2008Oil, acrylic, digital prints, and resin on panel |
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Old Chums (from the Hides series), 1997-1998Acrylic on amate paper |
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Conversation with Grampy, from the series Hides, 1997Acrylic on amate paper |
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Let's Go, from the series Hides, 1997Acrylic on amate paper |
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Detail of 2000 Dragons |
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Atlantis, from the series Immortals, 2005Acrylic on Tyvek |
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Detail of 2000 Dragons |
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Free at Last, 2019Acrylic on Tyvek |
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Full Sail, 2013Acrylic on paper |
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Casting a Spell, 2017Acrylic on Tyvek
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