With the aim to educate, inform and entertain, this exhibition will explore the influence of Japanese Edo period Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, images, themes and icons on the present day tattoo master. The work will show the role that the Ukiyo-e images have played in the formation of a modern tattoo movement that is now truly global--stretching from Japan to America--in which the Japanese aesthetic has hugely impacted visual culture, while inspiring a group of working tattoo masters today.
REGISTRATION
Registration Begins: April 13, 2005
Conference Dates: July 29 - 31, 2005
From around the world, tattoo enthusiasts, Ukiyo-e experts, woodblock Print Masters and icons of American tattooing will converge on the Hui for two days and two nights of talks, panel discussions and demonstrations.
Please join us for a special evening and two-day conference kicking off the exhibition.
Download registration forms (PDF - 45k) or
if you would like to receive a registration form by mail, please email your name, address and email address to audreyt@huinoeau.com.
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CATALOG
full color exhibition catalog now available
 Wood Skin Ink
Published by Hardy Marks, San Francisco
• 36 pages with more than 50 illustrations
• Essays by Don Ed Hardy, Takahiro Kitamura, Paul Mullowney, Rebecca Salter
• $20 plus postage
to order contact audreyt@huinoeau.com
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In conjunction with the exhibition
Wood Skin Ink: The Japanese Aesthetic in Modern Tattooing
Casanova, Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center and Mana'o Radio present:
A Skin Art Show and Tattoo Exhibition
Saturday, July 30, 9:30 pm at Casanova Restaurant, Makawao
Featuring Vince Esquire and his band
(This will be Vince’s first Maui show, after a long hiatus off island)
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M.C. Kathy Collins of Mana’o Radio
Show starts at 9:45 pm. The tattoo exhibition is open to everyone, with prizes in various categories including:
best back piece; small tattoos; Tribal; Traditional Polynesian; Japanese; and more.
$10 at the door. All proceeds benefit Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, and Mana’o Radio.
Sponsored in part by: Casanova Restaurant, Makawao; Evolved Art Tattoo, and Island Ink, North Shore; Sacred Center, Hot Rod Ink, and Maui Tattoo Company, Kihei; Skin Deep, and Atomic Tattoo, Lahaina. |
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| CONFERENCE GUEST SPEAKERS : |
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Roger Keyes
Visiting Scholar in East Asian Studies, Brown University; Research Associate, Edwin Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University; Director, Center for the Study of Japanese Prints. |
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Don Ed Hardy
Artist, tattooist, scholar, and writer, Hardy is the leading Master of American tattooing. His work for more than three decades has been instrumental in creating among westerners a greater appreciation and wider knowledge of the Japanese tattoo. |
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Takahiro Kitamura
Known by his tattoo name of Horitaka, Kitamura is continuing in the tradition of Hardy by writing scholarly books on the themes of tattooing while running his own tattoo shop in San Jose, California. Horitaka trained under one of Japan’s leading Tattoo Masters, Horiyoshi III of Yokohama. |
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Chris Trevino
Owner of Perfection Tattoo, Austin, Texas, Trevino spends much of his time tattooing in Japan where he is pushing the boundaries of the traditional Japanese themes with his boldly exquisite work. Trevino is on the cutting edge of America’s hot, young tattooists. |
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Rebecca Salter
Professor of Art at London’s Camberwell College of Arts, Salter is author of Japanese Woodblock Printing, University of Hawaii Press, the definitive handbook on the technique. Salter learned traditional woodcut printing while living and working in Kyoto. |
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Yasuyuki Shibata
Born in Kyoto, Japan, printer for Pace Editions, New York, Shibata is one of the top Master Printers of the Japanese woodcut. Shibata’s many collaborations include Masami Teraoka’s Hawaii Snorkel Series published by Tyler Graphics, and the recent Pace prints by Chuck Close which have won wide acclaim in New York exhibitions. The Hui has invited Shibata to print a limited edition woodcut by Don Ed Hardy to commemorate this exhibition. |
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Pre-Conference Workshop
Visiting Artist Rebecca Salter
Intensive Multi-color Japanese Woodcut Workshop
July 23-28, Saturday - Thursday
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Author of Japanese Woodblock Printing, Rebecca Salter has been involved with Japanese techniques in woodblock printing for more than two decades. This workshop will focus on multi block printing techniques that have been used in Japan for generations. Carving and printing techniques, pigments, chine colle, and Japanese papers will be discussed. Daily demonstrations, slide presentations, and viewing of historical work from Salter’s collection will be a part of the workshop. Students will be encouraged to finish one multi color print. This is a rare and unique opportunity to work with one of the most renowned westerners in the field.
Open to all skill levels.
Fee: $450 members ($ 540 non members)
Supply fee: $20 covers paper and pigments. Blocks may be purchased in class.
Additional supply list available upon registration.
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| Conference Opening Night
6:00pm – 8:30pm
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| Tradition and Technique in Japanese Woodblock Prints
10:00am – 6:00pm
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Evening Event:
Special Panel Discussion
6:30pm – 8:30pm
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Skin Art Show & Tattoo Exhibition:
Casanova Restaurant, Makawao
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Contemporary Tattooing:
East and West
10:00am – 4:00pm
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Evening Event:
Members’ Opening Reception
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Don Ed Hardy and Roger Keyes will give a special gallery walk-through of the exhibition Wood Skin Ink. Comments and interpretations on historical and contemporary themes in Ukiyo-e and Japanese style tattooing by these leading personalities in the fields should not be missed.
Entertainment, pupus and cocktails round out the evening. Conference speakers Takahiro Kitamura, Rebecca Salter, Yasu Shibata, and Chris Trevino also attending.
Yoshi Toshi, 100 Moon Series, Japanese woodblock print featured in Wood Skin Ink Exhibit
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Registration and check in
Roger Keyes
Ukiyo-e: The Art of Prints and Tattoos
Keyes is well known in American academic circles for his unique approach to the understanding and appreciation of the woodblock prints of Japan's Edo period.
There will be a slide presentation giving an overview of the craft of traditional Japanese printmaking and discussing the relation between prints and tattoos, plus an hour of looking at original prints focusing on physical aspects of the prints that are relevant to the craft, enjoyment and appreciation of tattoos. A question and answer period will follow. Whether he is leading the group in a ritual chant or breaking into song when translating the rich text of the prints, a morning spent with Roger Keyes will not soon be forgotten.
Lunch
Rebecca Salter
Death or Glory: Shini-e, The Theatrical Death Reflected in Woodblock Prints: Discussion on the obituary prints of Kabuki actor Danjuro VIII
Ichikawa Danjuro VIII’s dramatic suicide in 1854 rocked the kabuki world and prompted a massive outpouring of grief. The woodblock print world responded with the publication of numerous obituary prints (shini-e) of the dead star. At a time of political uncertainty (Perry's 'Black Ships’ appeared off Edo in 1853), followed by natural disaster (Ansei earthquake in 1855), these prints offer a curious insight into the national psyche.
Yasuyuki Shibata
Contemporary Collaboration in the New York Print World
Lecture with slides and prints. Shibata will talk about his work at Pace Prints , New York, where he has collaborated with major artists on some of the most technically challenging and visually stunning woodblock prints being made today.
Mingle with the artists for book signings. Ongoing DVD screenings on related topics. Also, printing demonstrations by Yasu Shibata (Japanese woodcut) and Paul Mullowney (Western intaglio), will highlight the collaborative nature between Artist and Master Printer in print projects.
Evening Event:
Special Panel Discussion
Kuniyoshi to Horiyoshi: Iconography of Japanese Tattooing
Don Ed Hardy, Roger Keyes, Takahiro Kitamura, Chris Trevino. Edo period Tattooists, along with woodblock carvers, printers and artists had a close relationship. Throw dashing Kabuki actors and legends of bravery into the mix—along with macho tattoo-adorned carpenters, firemen, and fishermen on the fringes of society—and we have the makings of a rich and varied mix of iconic imagery still being tapped world-wide by a new generation of artists. In this discussion and image presentation, the four guests will give their insight into what this historical image bank means to us today. A reception follows the panel discussion
Skin Art Show & Tattoo Exhibition:
Casanova Restaurant, Makawao
Featuring music by Vince Esquire and his band (this will be Vince's first Maui show, after a long hiatus off island)
&
M.C. Kathy Collins of Mana'o Radio
Show starts at 9:45 pm. The tattoo exhibition is open to everyone, with prizes in various categories including: best back piece; small tattoos; Tribal; Traditional Polynesian; Japanese; and more.
$10 at the door. All proceeds benefit Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, and Mana’o Radio.
Sponsored in part by: Casanova Restaurant, Makawao; Evolved Art Tattoo, and Island Ink, North Shore; Sacred Center, Hot Rod Ink, and Maui Tattoo Company, Kihei; Skin Deep, and Atomic Tattoo, Lahaina. |
Registration and check in
Don Ed Hardy
Ukiyo-e: 19th Century Japanese Art Floating in 21st Century Bodies
Slide lecture on the history of Japanese iconography and its impact on our modern aesthetic. It is easy to say that nobody in the West has done more than Hardy to foster the crossover of ideas, techniques, and imagery between the tattoo worlds of Japan and America. Hardy’s talks are always an event—a chance to experience his unique take on the visual imagery which has been distilled throughout centuries of technique and practice.
Lunch
Takahiro Kitamura
Crossing Oceans, Crossing Cultures
Slide lecture will focus on Kitamura’s unique position as one of the only outsiders allowed full access into the tattoo world of Japan’s Horiyoshi III. Natural ease with the language and culture of Japan allows Kitamura to move easily between worlds in the West and East. He has written definitive essays and books on Japanese tattooing.
Chris Trevino
slide lecture: Contemporary Tattoo Work in Japan
Trevino is one of the most talented and tireless tattooists working today. In his constant travels between Osaka, Japan and his home base in Austin, Texas, Trevino is presently working on hundreds of clients who are part of a large repertoire of ongoing tattoos in the traditional Japanese style. Easily one of the top tattooists in America or Japan today, Chris will show slides and talk about his on-going work.
Chris Trevino
Evening Event:
Members’ Opening Reception
Join the tattoo artists of Wood Skin Ink for a members’ reception.
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| Supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Laila Art Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation, and The Banyan Tree House in Makawao |
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