‘Critters’ – Neue Comic-Monster von Tattoo Artist Josh Peacock

Am heutigen Dienstag steht mal wieder etwas Inspiration aus dem weiten Felde der Tinten-Kunst auf dem Plan: Internationale Tattoo-Artists verstanden es in Vergangenheit bekanntlich bestens, unser Interesse für sich und ihre Kunst zu gewinnen. Heute konnte uns Josh Peacock aus Cambridge mal wieder mit seinen farbgewaltig daherkommenden ‘Critters’ flashen. Inspiriert von den kleinen Monstern aus dem Science-Fiction-Film ‘Critters – Sie beißen!’ von Stephen Herek aus dem Jahr 1986, entwirft der Tattoo-Künstler mit Background in der Graffiti-Art nämlich unter anderem extrem unterhaltsame Comic-Monster mit durchaus imposantem Mundwerk. Er selbst lässt dazu verlauten: “We all crave a Hollywood smile but we risk becoming homogenized and sacrificing a small facet of our personality. My hearing isn’t the greatest and I found myself subconsciously learning lip read and fixating on teeth a bit.” Direkt hier unten haben wir ein paar aktuelle Kostproben aus dem dopen Peacock’schen Schaffen für Euch. Enjoy:

Josh Peacock is interested in teeth. The English tattoo artist, born with what he called a “slightly goofy” set of chompers, wrote in an email to Inverse that after getting his straightened, he realized how much his old, crooked smile had reflected his personality. So over time, he’s found himself playing with teeth more and more in his work. First as a graffiti artist, and now as a tattoo artist, Peacock’s developed a visual language — most recently expressed in his “critters” — centered in part on strange, toothy smiles. Peacock’s critters test the boundary between cartoonishness and uncanny realism. Their bodies inhabit a flat, geometric world of primary colors and simple representations, while their mouths open to reveal a hidden, realer-than-real landscape of shining yellowed teeth and wet gums. They invite the viewer to explore each bulge, crack, and cranny in minute detail.

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