Look - de Young Museum · a clipper-ship tattoo a friend’s father had. As children, Hardy and his...
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Ed Hardy grew up in Southern California. He loved colorfully painted cars that were popular at the time. His father, a world traveler, sent items from Japan such as tea sets and a silk jacket with embroidered animals that stirred artistic ideas for the young Hardy. He was fascinated by a clipper-ship tattoo a friend’s father had. As children, Hardy and his friend set up a temporary shop, “tattooing” their friends using watercolor pencils and eyeliner. What animal images do you see in Hardy’s work? How are they different from other artists’ work you have seen? Look This exhibition allows viewers to see Hardy’s unique imagery inspired by American and Japanese cultures, as well as his original tattoo designs. Notice the variety of materials he uses in his artwork. Ask
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Ed Hardy grew up in Southern California. He loved colorfully painted cars that were popular at the time. His father, a world traveler, sent items from Japan such as tea sets and a silk jacket with embroidered animals that stirred artistic ideas for the young Hardy. He was fascinated by a clipper-ship tattoo a friend’s father had. As children, Hardy and his friend set up a temporary shop, “tattooing” their friends using watercolor pencils and eyeliner.
What animal images do you see in Hardy’s work?How are they different from other artists’ work you have seen?
LookThis exhibition allows viewers to see Hardy’s unique imagery inspired by American and Japanese cultures, as well as his original tattoo designs. Notice the variety of materials he uses in his artwork.
Ask
If you were an animal, what animal do you think you would be? Trace your hand in the space below. Then draw in the features or patterns inspired by the animal.
Create
Don Ed Hardy, Tattoo Seas Shark (detail), 1995. Color lithograph, 30 x 22 5/8 in. (76.2 x 57.5 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of the artist, 2017.46.120. © 2019 Don Ed Hardy
Don Ed Hardy, Climber (detail), 2011. Color lithograph, 40 x 26 1⁄4 in. (101.6 x 66.7 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of the artist, 2017.46.141. © 2019 Don Ed Hardy
Don Ed Hardy, El Tigre (detail), 2009. Acrylic on digital print, 16 x 13 1/8 in. (40.6 x 33.3 cm).Collection of the artist. © 2019 Don Ed Hardy
