Publisher's Synopsis
Tattooing has been a focus of many cultures since Neolithic times and it arguably reaches its most dynamic and creative expression in the work of the Swiss/American Leu family. Their oeuvre is far removed from the entwined snakes and crudely pneumatic women of back-street tattoo parlours - this is the tattoo as art, the body as an exhibition space, the tattooer as a hero for our times!;Combining the cabalistic psychedelia of classic San Francisco poster art spiced with ancient oriental figure-painting, and you can begin to see where the Leu family takes its references from. Felix Leu was perhaps one of the most influential tattooists of the 20th century, and today his sons, Filip and Ajja Leu are still pushing the boundaries of their art. Suffused with visuals of extraordinary people, this book is a study of an artistic dynasty.
