Amazing Grace

July 8, 2010

Amazing Grace

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2010 Much has been written about traditional Japanese tattoo culture, but what of the current generation of artists? Amazing Grace offers the chance to check out a bevy of young Tokyo tattooists imprinting bodies—and maybe even come away with a tattoo yourself. Among the artists represented are 13’ Needle […]

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2010

Photo by Are U Me?

Much has been written about traditional Japanese tattoo culture, but what of the current generation of artists? Amazing Grace offers the chance to check out a bevy of young Tokyo tattooists imprinting bodies—and maybe even come away with a tattoo yourself. Among the artists represented are 13’ Needle Tattoo Studio, whose full-body tats bring traditional Asian imagery into the realm of the psychedelic; Tattooer Tetsuya, whose artwork ranges from fearsome dragons to erotic women; and Yen Tattoo, whose precise images take in everything from the tribal to the decorative. Rounding out the festivities will be a slew of house DJs, live painters and slinky pole dancers.

Amazing Grace
Live painting and performances by tattoo artists, pole dancers, DJs and VJs. July 24, 9pm, ¥4,000 (Men)/¥3,000 (Women). Akasaka Erebos. Nearest stn: Akasaka-Mitsuke. Tel: 03-3568-7172.