TY - BOOK AU - Bolger,Serena TI - Tattoo as a specific cultural visual language and its uses in contemporary Art U1 - Thesis Ceramics 14/03 PY - 2014/// CY - Limerick : PB - Limerick School of Art and Design/ LIT./ KW - Ceramic design theses KW - Theses KW - LSAD KW - Clare Street KW - Tattooing in art KW - Tattoo artists N1 - Thesis submitted for B.A. in Ceramic Design 2014; Includes bibliographical references; The aim of this essay was to investigate the use of tattoo as a specific cultural visual language and its uses in contemporary art. I have researched the history of tattoos, the spiritual, the pain and emotional aspect of obtaining them. I have discussed that tattoos and scarification have become a medium for performing artists. ER -