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Friday, October 17th 2008
PAUL BOOTH CELEBRATES 20 YEARS AS A "DARK" TATTOO ARTIST
NEW YORK, October 17, 2008 — Halloween weekend marks the 20-year
anniversary of dark master artist, Paul Booth’s tattooing career and we just
can’t let it go by without a party! Put on your costume and join us for an
evening of true Halloween spirit as only Paul can do it. There will be live
entertainment, collaborative painting and tattooing, costume contests,
music, freakshows, and of course Fetish Dancers! This event will be filmed
for one of Paul’s award winning DVD’s.
Saturday, November 1st – Paul Booth’s Last Rites Tattoo Theatre. Hosted my
Mistress Juliya and Jose Mangin, the evening begins at 8pm. The admission
is $5 at the door, 18 and over, 21 to drink.
Dark Art merges in all forms:
Costume contest – The top costumes will win prizes including collective
memorabilia or a Halo Guitar. The winner of ‘Best Costume’ will win a gift
certificate for $1,000 of tattoo time with Paul. Creative costumes are
encouraged; Paul will be taping throughout the evening to create a DVD
celebrating the hellish mayhem.
Collaborative painting – throughout the evening the Last Rites family of
artists will be creating an ArtFusion Experiment. The painting will be
produced throughout the course of the evening, and a silent charity auction
will provide funding for the International Child Art Foundation.
Collaborative tattoo – Paul Booth, Toxyc, and Little Dragon will be fusing
their styles on the flesh for guests’ viewing pleasure. These three Last
Rite’s artists will work together on one singular freehand tattoo, embracing
the unified, creative force that can only exist in that space and time.
Guests can purchase a chance to win this unique experience by visiting
www.DarkImages.com and clicking the ‘Collaborative Tattoo Lottery’ link.
The winner will be announced at 9pm the evening of the event, and the tattoo
will commence directly thereafter.
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Performances and entertainment – TERRO.chic will provide dark aural
ambience, and M9NDFUCK will provide an alternative fashion show.
Performances by Nicolette le Faye the trapeze artist, Mini-Marilyn Manson on
stage, fetish dancers throughout the evening, Coney Island freakshows, and
in the theater, Paul has prepared a montage of his favorite horror movie
scenes.
Guests are advised to brush up on their god jokes, tattoo and horror movie
trivia, as prizes will be offered throughout the night. Mistress Juliya and
Mangin will keep it hot as they roast Paul all night long.
The event is sponsored by Revolver Magazine, Duff’s Brooklyn, Nuclear Blast
Records, Jagermeister, Halo Guitars, M9NDFUCK.com, MusicSkins.com, JSR,
Paratore AV, and the ArtFusion Experiment.
After devoting nearly twenty years of his life to the art of tattoo, where
his is revered for his efforts to elevate the medium into the realm of fine
art, Paul Booth has become a household name. His unparalleled dedication to
the evolution of his craft has garnered him numerous awards around the
globe, top tier magazine features (among them, many cover stories), public
and television appearances including CNN, MSNBC, DISCOVERY, A&E, TLC, MTV
and more.
Through his deep involvement in organizations such as The National Arts Club – one of the oldest and most respected art institutions in the Nation – Booth is continually driven to help push the tattoo industry forward in as
many ways as possible. In 2000, he created an international art movement
called “The ArtFusion Experiment” with Filip and Titine Leu, world-renowned
tattooists from Switzerland. ArtFusion succeeded and continues to unite
leading tattoo artists from around the world to create one-of-a-kind works
of art.
Booth’s masterful paintings and macabre tattoo art is notable for its
aggressive nature, and, as such, has been in high demand among dark art and
tattoo enthusiasts for decades, including numerous major bands in the metal
scene such as Slayer, Slipknot, Pantera, Down, Lamb of god and many more. In
2002, Rolling Stone Magazine featured Booth and proudly crowned him “The new
king of rock tattoos.”
Last Rites Tattoo Theatre is located at 511 West 33rd Street between 10th
and 11th Avenues in New York. Learn more at
www.darkimages.com/Events/PB_20th.html