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Roscharch - limited edition Tink (temporary tattoo) by Gilles Balmet

Price £32.50

From the first collection of the Tink-it range by contemporary artists, exclusively available in the UK at ShopCurious, this boxed set of temporary tattoos by Gilles Balmet contains 2 boards (10 x 15 cm) of two tattoos each. This is one of a limited edition of individually numbered sets, up to a maximum of 500 by this artist (one of only five French artists contributing to the first collection). It takes about a minute to read the instructions and apply the tattoo and another minute to dry. Each tattoo lasts for around one to three days and can be easily removed using alcohol, or a make-up remover saturated cotton wool pad.


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Let your body be an ephemeral part of a global work of art. Take photos, save your artwork and the history of your body’s life for posterity. And here is what it says about the designer on the Tink:

"Gilles Balmet's Tinks follow in inspiration his Untitled (Rorschach) series – 2004-2009 –, based on Dr. Rorschach's well known psychodiagnosis test. Balmet's dripping technique, on a surface folded along symmetrical lines, produces rich and complex networks of lines and interrupted, repeat patterns, which in turn become a canvas for the viewers interpretation of the vivid figures or abstract totems it offers.

Born in 1979, Gilles Balmet is a multidisciplinary and fascinating artist. Balmet's resume includes exhibits at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, the FRAC Champagne Ardennes, the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, the Petit Palais, Fine Arts Museum of Paris. He designed a series of display windows for Hermes (2006) and was part of the Incipit exhibit, curated in 2006 by Charlotte Laubard for the Ricard Foundation.
Gilles Balmet is represented by galerie Dominique fiAT. part of the Incipit exhibit, curated in 2006 by Charlotte Laubard for the Ricard Foundation.”

Susan x

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