Eyeball Kicks: the surreal art of Ruth Marten, tattoo artist/illustrator
July 2, 2020 8:01 PM   Subscribe

"Ruth Marten started out as a tattoo artist (Sang Bleu Magazine interview), working on the fringes of the art world in her Native New York, long before tattooing became the socially acceptable, ubiquitous phenomena it is today. She then moved to working on paper and a long and prolific period working as an illustrator for a diverse range of clients (Flash gallery) including Jean Paul Goude, the renowned French graphic designer, producing illustrations for books, magazines and album covers. She then started to make and exhibit her own, very particular, works on paper." (Inhale Magazine)

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Although not working in collage per se, it could be said that the aesthetics of collage, especially as developed by the surrealist Max Ernst in his groundbreaking work Une Semaine de Bonté (Abe Books, previously), are a strong influence in Ruth Marten’s work (artist's website with 11 Flash galleries).
See also: Eyeball Kicks: Ruth Marten’s “Fountains & Alligators” (New Yorker)
posted by filthy light thief (4 comments total) 18 users marked this as a favorite
 
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posted by filthy light thief at 8:01 PM on July 2, 2020


Gorgeous. Ty.
posted by j_curiouser at 9:17 PM on July 2, 2020


These are fantastic. Surrealist alternate histories. Thanks for sharing.
posted by q*ben at 9:39 PM on July 2, 2020


FYI, the “Flash gallery” is not in Flash in case you might skip it for that reason.
posted by snofoam at 3:58 PM on July 3, 2020 [2 favorites]


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