Realistic trash polka
Realistic Trash Polka is a tattoo style performed by the two tattoo artists and musicians Simone Pfaff and Volker Merschky in Würzburg .
history
The tattoo style was gradually developed by the two tattooists since 1998 in their Buena Vista Tattoo Club and called “Realistic Trash Polka”. It is considered to be "highly innovative and technically perfect". The style largely dispenses with classic tattoo motifs and modes of representation. Atypical motifs are used for the tattoo scene and combined with styles that are partly based on painting . The Realistic Trash Polka style is now internationally known and is already being copied and imitated by other tattoo artists.
technology
Characteristic of the Realistic Trash Polka style are tattoos, which represent a combination of naturalistic or photo-realistic motifs with graphic elements. Photo-realistic portraits in a detailed representation are shown in connection with simple graphic elements such as large black areas, brush strokes or abstract shapes. The tattoos are often black, gray and red, although other colors are also used. However, the use of color contrasts known in art is often used, such as a complementary contrast , in order to create a special optical effect.
External perception
- “Simone Pfaff and Volker Merschky are pioneers of contemporary tattoos and are among the most influential tattoo artists in the world. In their Würzburg tattoo studio they have developed their very own style, which is completely different from the classic motifs. They call their work 'Trash Polka' ... “ Bavarian TV , broadcast on June 22, 2014
- “The 'Buena Vista Tattoo Club' in Würzburg has achieved worldwide fame with its very own motif creations and achieved something that only a few manage - to invent a completely unique tattoo style that has since influenced many other tattooists. The concept is called 'Trash Polka', Volker Merschky and Simone Pfaff not only tattoo it - they live it ... ” Monograph in: Computer Bild from August 24, 2014, p. 88
- “For three or four years now, the relevant specialist magazines around the world have been reporting on their style from Germany to Spain, England to Russia and Japan. Merschky and Pfaff have named Realistic Trash Polka what makes them unmistakable and has nothing to do with what is commonly associated with tattoos: photo-realistic motifs, paired or alienated with graphic elements, plus writing. ” Monographic article in: Die Welt Kompakt dated December 13, 2010
- “Over 15 years, Simone Pfaff and Volker Merschky have developed a completely new style of tattooing, 'realistic trash polka', which combines realistic images with graphic elements. Much of their work makes use of striking contrasts between… " Monographic encyclopedia entry in: Lal Hardy:" The Mammoth Book of Tattoo Art ". Verlag Hachette UK, 2012 ISBN 978-1-78033921-4 , p. 45 (available on Google Books)
- From June 17 to July 9, 2014, the work was exhibited at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt under the title "Trash Polka": Simone Pfaff and Volker Merschky - a photographic work exhibition.
- From October 8th to November 9th, 2015: Skin Stories , group exhibition in the art gallery fürth ; u. a. with Timm Ulrichs , Wim Delvoye and Manfred Kohrs .
Music project Dobbs Dead
Dobbs Dead is the music project of the two artists. Their music , which combines American folk and country music with European influences and is characterized by a dark, deep melancholy, is what they call " post mortem folk".
On their debut album Birth , which the two were able to complete on their own in autumn 2010, there are 11 songs, which are exclusively their own compositions.
With their music project they also regularly perform live with a changing line-up. For these performances, all of the songs were rearranged by Volker Merschky. Strings have been replaced by slide guitar and ukulele . Simone Pfaff (pump organ / vocals) and Volker Merschky (guitar / vocals / harp / drums ) are supported in their performances by Dieter Engelhardt (slide electric guitar / ukulele) and Tommi Neubauer ( bass ).
literature
Books
- Lal Hardy: The Mammoth Book of Tattoo Art
- Tattooisme 2 by Chris Coppola, Frédéric Claquin & Kitiza
- La Veine Graphique Vol. 2
- Day of the Dead Tattoo Artwork Collection by Edgar Hoill
- Black Tattoo Art 2
- The World Atlas of Tattoo by Anna Felicity Friedman
- Tattoo Handbook 2 by Dimitri Hk, Steph D., & Benjo San
- Tattoo Prodigies 2
- Tattooing Über Alles Vol. 1 The Germans
Magazines
- TattooFest ( Poland ) September 2008
- Tattoo Magazine ( Germany ) October 2006
- Total Tattoo Magazine ( UK ) April 2009
- Tattoo Burst Magazine ( Japan ) September 2009 & July 2012
- Custom Tattooz ( Australia ) August 2009
- Skin Deep Tattoo Magazine (United Kingdom) October 2010
Museum catalogs
- Tattoo Forever Rome - Gangemi Editore International Publishing
- Time Tattoo Art Today - Somerset House London - Tattoo Life Production
- Tattoos in art - Museum Villa Rot Burgrieden - Stuttgart
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scandinavian Tattoo Magazine No. 90, June 2009, p. 28.
- ↑ Tattoo Total 04/2009, p. 18
- ↑ Tattoo Total 04/2009, p. 21.
- ↑ Tattoo magazine 08/2010, p. 30.
- ↑ Scandinavian Tattoo Magazine 90-2009, p. 31.
- ↑ Rise Tattoo Magazine 07, p. 84.
- ^ Rise Tattoo Magazine 07, p. 86.
- ↑ Bavarian Television, broadcast on June 22, 2014 ( Memento from January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Monographic in: Computer Bild, August 24, 2014, p. 88
- ↑ Melanie Haack: "Trash and Polka - The duo Merschky and Pfaff mixes up the international tattoo scene with their idiosyncratic style" Monographic article in: Die Welt Kompakt from December 13, 2010 .
- ^ Internet site of the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
- ↑ Rainer Hertwig on August 17, 2015: Analog messages under the skin
- ↑ Manfred Kohrs rotary tattoo machine 1978 K, art exhibition "skin stories" in the art gallery fürth 2015.
- ↑ Festivalticker website ( http://www.festivalticker.de/kuenstler/sites/5748/dobbs_dead/ )
- ↑ Tattoo Life No. 67, pp. 72-73
- ↑ Tattoo magazine 02/11
- ↑ Lal Hardy: The Mammoth Book of Tattoo Art. Hachette UK 2012, ISBN 1-780-33921-6 .
- ↑ Tattooisme 2 by Chris Coppola, Frédéric Claquin & Kitiza , Herscher. Edition, ISBN 978-2-7335-0386-7 .
- ↑ La Veine Graphique Vol. 2 , Noire Meduse. Edition, ISBN 978-2-9539778-2-0 .
- ↑ Day of the Dead Tattoo Artwork Collection by Edgar Hoill , Reuss. Edition, ISBN 978-3-943105-25-4 .
- ^ Black Tattoo Art 2 , Reuss. Edition, ISBN 978-3-943105-21-6 .
- ↑ Black Tattoo Art 2: Modern expressions of the tribal: Modern expressions of the tribal by Marisa Kakoulas Edition Reuss 9783943105216 Hardcover - AHA-BUCH .
- ^ The World Atlas of Tattoo by Anna Felicity Friedman . Thames & Hudson ,, ISBN 978-0-500-51786-4 .
- ↑ Tattoo Handbook 2 by Dimitri Hk, Steph D., & Benjo San . Around the Caps,, ISBN 978-2-918024-03-3 .
- ↑ Tattoo Prodigies 2 . Memento Publishing USA ,, ISBN 978-0-9896811-3-1 .
- ↑ Tattooing über alles - Vol. 1 - Anvil Tattoo . Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ↑ TF # 17, September 2008 by Tattoofest Magazine - issuu .
- ↑ (German) Tattoo Magazine /// Germany's oldest tattoo magazine .
- ↑ Total Tattoo Magazine .
- ↑ Tattoo Burst .
- ↑ Custom Tattooz / Magshop .
- ↑ Skin Deep - The UK's Best Selling Tattoo Magazine .
- ↑ Alla Pelanda un omaggio al mondo dei tatuaggi come opere d'arte / INSIDEART .
- ↑ Tattoo, gli strumenti per farne un'arte - Arte - In Cartellone - Lifestyle . Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ↑ 9788849232615 Federica Nicosia 2016 Tattoo Forever. Storia, Costume, Arte Contemporanea. - LibroCo.It .
- ^ Time: Tattoo Art Today / Tattoo Life .
- ↑ Exhibitions - ArtminusZero .
