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Tag: tattoos

Posted inAT life, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Flaunting Korea’s tattoo taboo

by Tom Coyner May 23, 2020June 2, 2020

Millennial South Koreans talk a great deal about generational change and the related changes in attitudes and behaviors. One visible and physical aspect of this in recent years has been a rise in tattoos.  While 0n-skin artwork has surged with a vengeance into fashion among hipsters in the wider world, the trend is arguably more […]

Anirban Roy Choudhury (left) and his tattoo studio and performance venue Forever Poetry (right) in Kolkata, West Bengal. Chandni Doulatramani
Posted inNepal, South Asia

How a poetry studio became home for tattooist’s body of work

by Chandni Doulatramani July 12, 2018February 18, 2020

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