Paris Tattoo Convention - 2005

Published: 06 April, 2011 - Featured in Skin Deep 129, January, 2006

This year the venue for the seventh ‘Europe Event’ in Paris was held in the Montreuil district. Previous years the show, has been held in Austerlitz but the organisers felt that the new venue was better fed by public transport giving access to the show to more people, all coming along for some new ink, or just to have a look at the colourful tattoo work on display. The team consisted of Nathalie Munoz, Jacquy and Nicolas Jayat, who worked really hard to make the weekend of 17th -19th June a real success.This year the convention showcased all forms of body art, including tattoos, piercing, henna, jewellery, make-up and hairstyles.

Today, Paris is opening up to more and more foreign influences and particularly to those of ‘ethnic’ origins. The proof of this can be seen in the current rise in popularity of Asian, Arabic and African inspired cafes and restaurants as well as many specialised shops in Paris. It is now not unusual to see say, a seventeenth century apartment fitted out with wooden red lacquered Chinese furniture and a Tibetan Monastery Chest and a Gilded Berber tray. In addition, there is a big rise in certain types of music that was once thought of as ‘traditional or folk’ which is now entering the mainstream.

So this years Paris show was seen as a meeting point for the exchange of traditions, cultures, products and art from many foreign countries.

The show was a huge success with many people getting new ink from a large variety of tattooists from many corners of the planet.

As well as the huge choice of tattooists, there was the Body paint artist Rene Boelle and an African fashion display keeping all the visitors happy over the weekend.

The Paris convention managed to blend many cultures together and sill kept the positive energy going for the art of tattooing and tattoos.

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