Pinup graffiti, cheesecake tattoos and
bombshell skateboards is what it’s all
about!
It’s true that a
pinup is something you pin up, but that
doesn’t mean that we can’t side-step the
technicalities, here and there. Today we
take a look at how pinups are used in
T-shirts and graffiti and other less
mainstream mediums.
Graffiti Pinup Artists
A little girl
power with two phenomenal, female gratify
pinup artists. Both focusing on women, both
going for the catchy cartoon style, but both
very different otherwise.
Miss
Van
French graffiti artist, mainly active in the
1990’s, Miss Van has a soft style, evocative
of renaissance paintings, with gentle strokes
and fauna themes. She did get some flack from
feminist groups, when her doll-like creations
first appeared on the scene, but ever since
then people have become quite accustomed to
them, being part of their urban view.
Shiro
A Japanese gratify artist with
an affinity for hip hop culture, Shiro
creates round black women, with a sharp and
edgy style, befitting the second millennium.
Her themes, like Miss Van’s are highly
sexual. But unlike Miss Van, Shiro’s women
are blunt temptresses, rather than beautiful
creatures in distress.
Stencil Pinup
Although mainly used as decoration, there is
something to be said about the messages that
could be conveyed by this modern
styli
zation
of classic art. Stencil pinups are
usually a depiction of a classic pinup image,
in a minimalist and dramatic new way. This is
a cosmetic change, which has a message of
modernity in it. No longer a soft woman, but
a raw and sharp vision of sexual womanhood.
Pinups for Graffiti
No theme is out of
the pinup range. We had pinup artists
and pinup gratify, here’s something
arspoetic: Pinups advocating gratify.
The variety of style just strengthens
the theme’s anarchistic nature. The
pinup with a spray paint can is just as
much a symbol of women’s free speech as
the
We
Con Do It girl (erm... woman!).
Tattoo Pinups
Tattoos of women are very common, but in this
case I’d like to stick to the strict
definition of classic pinup. It would be
interesting to survey who are the people that
get pinup tattoos (in contrast to the
“general woman” tattoos).
Skater Girls
Whether realistic or
cartoon styles, skaters love pinups on
their skateboard. Just like tattoos,
this is a niche that needs women for
that bit of extra feminine sex apeal.
Neo Classic Pinups
Tattooed pinup girls may be a common sight
nowadays, but way back when, Betty Page would
never have dared to dream of such a thing.
Here’s a fabulous twist that only the
internet can provide: Classic pinup girls
with a neo-pinup girl twist.
Rebellion is sexy,
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