PERSEVERANCE: JAPANESE TATTOO TRADITION IN A MODERN WORLD – TAASA Review September 2016

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This article was originally found in the September 2016 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 25, Issue 3, Page 9).

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Elicia O’Reilly P erseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World premiered at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles in March 2014.

It will be on show at The Japan Foundation, Sydney from late September.

Curated by Takahiro Kitamura, a Japanese-American tattoo artist who trained for 10 years in Japan, the exhibition primarily focuses on work by seven renowned tattoo artists from Japan and the USA who work in the Japanese tradition...