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Tattoo (tattoo, drawing on the body, to be more precise – on skin) has been used by different nations for millennia. True, at first the tattoo was purely ritual. In the twentieth century, tattoos have become a symbol of belonging to the criminal world. Today, a tattoo is just a fashionable decoration of the body, and for a certain parts of artists are a profitable business, which, incidentally, does not require large investments.
True, you need to be a talented artist and businessman. at the same time. It is these qualities that Belgian possesses artist Wim Delvoy.
Pig tattoo
He became famous in his native country for extraordinary, if not simply scandalous art projects, Delvoy in 2005 sent to China. Here he buys a pig farm, finds two like-minded and opens up another unique artistic project – he begins to make an animal tattoo.
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Today, when this project is over ten years old and he, like said, justified himself one hundred percent, Wim Delvoy may boast that he created a profitable business, brought to life a unique art project, which, in his opinion, in his native Belgium would have been simply impossible. But in China – you are welcome!
Delvoy and his assistants, among whom, by the way, are not only artists, but also professional veterinarians, marketers and even programmers create on the thick backs of their wards pigs real works of art – art “canvases” that make these animals almost golden.
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By the way, you can always get a tattooed pig after it to refresh death by preserving in this way the work art, and the memory of his unusual pet. Therefore already soon farm studio Vima Delvoy became famous almost in all over the world, bringing its creators a decent income, well, an opportunity expand this unusual business. By the way, Delvoy himself didn’t even hides the fact that for him tattooed pigs – first of all business, and only in the second – art.
An interesting case regarding the tattoo business
By the way, at Delvois Farm Studio you can buy not only tattooed pig, but also a “picture” on pig skin. Such “art canvases” are in demand among those who do not have the possibility of keeping pigs in the house, but for some reason got the idea to get such an original work art. There are some other deviations from the rules. True, a tattoo on the human body, the team of Wim Delvoy does not practice.
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Throughout the history of this unique Delvoy business only once changed his rule and created the present artistic canvas depicting the Virgin Mary on the back of a Swiss Tim Steiner. Wim agreed to this only because Tim offered just a fantastic fee for this service – to resist it was difficult. But as it turned out, the Swiss was not so much a fan a tattoo on his body how much talented in his own way a businessman. He went to Germany and concluded with national art gallery contract according to which three once a year shows his tattoo in the salon, speaking in as a living exhibit, and after death, his picture on the back, according to the will, becomes the property of the gallery. For this Tim Steiner received a fee of 150 thousand euros, which significantly exceeded the price he paid Delvoye. As they say, comments superfluous – everyone does his own business as he can …
Tattoo or knife – which is more humane?
We add that on the farm-studio pigs are carefully prepared for application of tutu, for example, only animals are suitable for this, have reached the age of three. At the same time highly qualified veterinarians specially prepare pigs for such an operation, during her animal is certainly euthanized so as not to feel any pains.
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It seems everything is professional and humane, but Delvoy’s business gained fame all over the world, and, of course, in many civilized countries, especially Western Europe, were found opponents of such “pig mockery.” Even recognizing the talent of such tattoos bordering on real works fine art, animal advocates consider this business cruel and inhumane.
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Delvoy himself, countering such allegations against him, says all this is nothing more than hypocrisy on the part of the defenders animals. It turns out that keeping pigs for meat is normal, and for the purposes of art, it is cruel. On my farm, continues artist, pigs are much happier than slaughterhouses. True, Wim Delvoy, as mentioned above, still has to score their pigs, however, and in this case it is more humane in relation to to animals. Firstly, they live several years, not a year, as on a meat farm, secondly, only a small part of the animals goes under the knife, and thirdly, the artist does his best that his pigs lived happily ever after, and if they were dying, then not feeling at all suffering …
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