TY - ADVS AU - Govenar,Alan AU - de Hey!,Anne AU - Witkin,Cynthia AU - Hardy,Ed AU - Blank,Les AU - StClair,Stoney AU - Herzog,Werner ED - First Run Features (Firm), ED - Kanopy (Firm), TI - Tattoo Uprising PY - 2019/// PB - First Run Features KW - Artists KW - Art KW - Documentary films KW - lcgft N1 - Title from title frames; Film; In Process Record; Anne de Hey!, Cynthia Witkin, Ed Hardy, Les Blank, Stoney St. Clair, Werner Herzog; Originally produced by First Run Features in 2019 N2 - From antiquity to the present, TATTOO UPRISING reveals the artistic and historical roots of today’s tattoo explosion. This sweeping overview explores how tattoos were used in early Christian practices, how they were discovered halfway around the world during the voyages of Captain James Cook, and how they exploded in popularity in America beginning with artists like Ed Hardy.

Tattoo Uprising features some of the most extraordinary people of the tattoo world including Ed Hardy, Stoney St. Clair, Cynthia Witkin, Anne de Hey! and others, as well as unforgettable appearances by filmmakers Les Blank and Werner Herzog, who allows a rare glimpse at his Ed Hardy tattoo UR - https://tus.kanopy.com/node/6198540 UR - https://www.kanopy.com/node/6198540/external-image ER -