Tahini, "DESTINY" (2023). The agender artist specializes in hand-poked Judaica tattooing as a spiritual practice. (all photos courtesy the artist) “In a world that is largely White and Christian, and ...
MINNEAPOLIS — When senior Melanie Teichner walks across the University of Minnesota campus, she is hardly unusual. Yes, she sports two tattoos, but her discreet images are modest compared with many of ...
Tattoos are taboo to many Jews, but the atrocity of Oct. 7 has changed a lot of minds about how pain leaves its mark. “I’m a nice Jewish boy from New Jersey,” said Todd Elkin, a former Wall Streeter ...
What’s a nice Jewish feminist performance artist to do when she’s heavily covered in tattoos? She creates a solo piece, “Jewess Tattoess,” exploring the conflict between her heritage and her body. In ...
MINNEAPOLIS — When senior Melanie Teichner walks across the University of Minnesota campus, she is hardly unusual. Yes, she sports two tattoos, but her discreet images are modest compared with many of ...
When Floris Hirschfeld’s mother died two years ago, he had her portrait tattooed on his back to honour her memory. One day he hopes the image, skin and all, will adorn the wall of an art collector’s ...