
What is body art?
It is made on/with human body. Body piercings and tattoos are the common body arts. However, there are other types that include branding, scarification, scalping, body painting, full tattoo on the body, shaping and sub-dermal implants. Body art also refers to a sub category of performance arts.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO BODY ART
Hermann Nitsch
Das Sechstagespiel des Orgien Mysterien Theaters, 1998
Limited Edition Print
Etching
EUR 1,750
Matthew Barney
Cremaster 3 Mahalym, from The Cremaster Cycle, 1994-2002
Photography
Offset Print
USD 4,500

Also known as Chromogenic or C type print. A print that's made from slide or color negative exposed to chromogenic paper containing three emulsion layers sensitized to non similar primary colors. Once the image is exposed, it is dipped into a chemical bath for each layer to react towards the chemical so as to create an image.

Art type that comprises of video/audio data and relies heavily on moving pictures. It came into existence late 1960s, early 1970s as a new technology and an emerging consumer video that was available outside the confines of corporate broadcasting. This art can take many forms that include broadcast recordings, installations viewed in museums or galleries, online streamed works, video tapes and performances that incorporate video monitors, television sets and projections that display sounds or images live or recorded.