Exhibition opening: Colouring Outside The Lines – A Look Into Tattoo Culture in Mitchells Plain

An exhibition by Dariusz Dziewanski and Oliver Petrie.

Join us for a photo exhibition and discussion about tattoo culture in Mitchells Plain. A world away from the sleek tattoo studios of the City Bowl, artists in Mitchells Plain use bedrooms, living rooms, and yards as makeshift studio spaces. A few have professional tattoo machines, while others have built machines from odds and ends they collected around their neighbourhoods. Most have learned their art from YouTube videos, practicing on themselves in lieu of formal training.

Their will to make it as artists is a testament to what it takes to create meaning and money from tattooing in one of the world’s most unequal cities.

Exhibition from 4 to 30 May.