Tattoo Darling: The Art of Angelique Houtkamp

by Angelique Houtkamp

Angelique Houtkamp is the inspirational Dutch tattoo mademoiselle of the contemporary art world. This fascinating monograph happily traverses her nostalgic, eclectic and beautifully rendered artistic wonderland with a strong focus on her fine art practice. Classic old school tattoo imagery mixes with mythological dreams, anthropomorphised creatures, nautical iconography, and haunting Hollywood romance, by way of Houtkamp's distinctive painterly magic and eye for style. Watercolors and more recent oils glow from these pages. A true celebration of Houtkamp's vision, charms, and talents as a tattoo artist, painter, collector, and personality. Wonderful new art, inspiration galore, and swoon-worthy photos of Houtkamp at work. Includes essays and commentary by Liz McGrath, Sunny Buick, Cindy Hoetner, Gemma Jones, and more. Slim, softbound, color.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 5, 2007

Reviews

[Alien X Tattoo]

Kitaptaki dövme ve sanat örnekleri gerçekten ilham verici. Samsun’daki Alien X Tattoo stüdyomuzda (alienxtattoo.com) yaptığımız çalışmalar için de fikir veriyor; sanatla mürekkebin buluştuğu bu tarz işler çok keyifli.

[Star Shining Forever]

Great to learn about a talented lady & see samples of her intricate & bold tattoo designs.

[Kylie]

Angelique is one of my absolute favourite tattoo artists and I love her paintings of sailor ladies and flash-art. And she's a total dreamboat herself ha. I'm not sure how it came to be, but Angelique seems to have quite an affinity with Australia, and has been here a couple of times for launches and exhibitions. Outre Gallery (Sydney/Melbourne) released this book, and in October are about to launch a new one "Tattoo Mystique"

Just picked this one up today and am about to flick through and enjoy the total eye-candy.

"Classic old school tattoo imagery mixed with mythological dreams, antropomorphed critters, nautical iconography and haunting Hollywood romance by way of Angelique's distinctive painterly magic and eye for style."

[Shenanitims]

It's an art book, so you basically know what you're getting before you buy it. You either enjoy the artwork or you don't, and if you don't obviously you wouldn't buy it. Houtkamp's aesthetic is very old-timey; which is what makes me a fan.

[Kazz]

Angelique rocks my world, I meet this gorgeous woman, she was very impressed with my tattoos of her work, she is amazing.

[Kim]

awesome artwork

[Sean]

Clean precision mixed with unexpected subjects.