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My research on the body art history started in 2005. Body painting that is limited to the face is known as face painting.īody art is also a sub-category of performance art, in which artists use or abuse their own body to make their particular statements. Unlike tattoo and other forms of permanent body art, body painting is temporary, painted onto the human skin, and lasts for one day, or at most (in the case of Mehndi, "henna" or temp tattoo, glitter tattoos) a couple of weeks.
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Body art is art made on, with, or consisting of, the human body:īody painting, tattoos, body art performances, body piercings, scarification, branding, scalpelling, full body tattoo. “A man without tattoos is invisible to the gods,” says an Iban proverb from Borneo.īody painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of body art. These incredible kinds of expression, performance and belonging exist in two parallel worlds, one of old rituals and traditions that distinguish us as human, and the other of body art as a contemporary art form. Often times, the people involved in a body art expression are not just playing a role they are becoming the role, the night, the day, the spirit, the god, the transformation, which could heal them, or help others, as in the cases of creating sacred pain and sacrificing the own flesh in the name of the community. The line between reality and illusion, god and man, good and evil, the Earth and beyond, life and death, present, past, and future, becomes blurred. Other symbols protect from evil eyes and spirits, bring fertility, heal the body, grant magical powers, or support transformations and their connection with other realms.
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Around the world, many people use their skin as living canvas, representing past experiences, bravery, status, beauty, protection, fertility, magic, transformations and connections with other realms. How we decorate our bodies tells others who we are as individuals. Sometimes, the marks of identity can be disturbing to others, but they have a very deep meaning. There are so many ways to be human, and many different views of beauty. Every major society has had at least one body art tradition.