The Illustrated Man
2002-2009
tattoos, photos, texts
The Illustrated Man consists of 12 tattoos created on the artist’s own body; each individual tattoo being a component of each art project the artist initiated during the time he spent as a student. The title is taken from The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (Doubleday & Company, 1951).
The Illustrated Man, text pdf
The Illustrated Man, exhibition poster pdf (Konstfack, Stockholm, 2009)
tattoo: Mikael Schelén, Robert Dourén, Danni Gustafsson
photo: Aida Chehrehgosha (with Christian Haag)
retouch: Johan Rosenberg
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"The works of Oscar Guermouche are based upon and makes frequent use of text with his own body serving use as "book" or "exhibition space". In the spring of 2002, he started a project involving tattoos with the aim of leaving a fragment or component on his body of each art project that he initiates. The objectification of the own body has caused a change in relation to his environment; complete strangers feel entitled to comment on, point at and sometimes touch his body to read the words that have been tattooed thereon."
Prof. Magnus Bärtås (editor), Texst, Konstfack, 2004
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exhibited:
Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden, 2010 - 2011 (detail)
NCCA/Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Russia, 2009
Virserums Konsthall, Sweden, 2009-2011 (detail)
Konstfack, Sweden, 2009
published:
Geist, Sweden, 2006 (detail)
Konstfack, Sweden, 2004 (detail)
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The Illustrated Man Och ingen vet hurudan jag är (2002)
The Illustrated Man Ida och Oscar (2002)
The Illustrated Man Trompe l'œil (2002)
The Illustrated Man Namna (2003)
The Illustrated Man 50 (2003)
The Illustrated Man Så här går man (2003)
The Illustrated Man Behaviorism (2003-2004)
The Illustrated Man Din hund är sjuk (2005)
The Illustrated Man Signum 1977-2007 (2008)
The Illustrated Man Sent Items (2006, 2009)
The Illustrated Man Vi vill åka till Moskva (2008-2009)
The Illustrated Man