Ryan Hope’s debut feature, Skin, is a documentary that tests the boundaries of art and the human body, Skin is a dark, stylish examination of tattoo culture as high art.
Featuring contributions from Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Raymond Pettibon and in association with Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Magazine, the film is a beautiful visual essay from the frontiers of contemporary British art.
This project kicked off back in May, when Ryan Hope was approached by Dasha Zhukova – philanthropist, fashion editor and partner of Britain’s most famous oligarch, Roman Abramovich. Dasha was starting a new venture, a magazine called Garage that would combine her dual passions of art and fashion in a single, unique publication. A fresh, ambitious concept was needed to mark the launch of the magazine, something that would embody the focus of Garage and get people talking.
A groundbreaking idea was devised. It was an idea that would combine art and fashion in a succinct, original statement. This idea was based around the biggest names in contemporary art working on a new kind of canvas – creating art in a way that had never been done before. The artists were Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Raymond Pettibon, Jake & Dinos Chapman and Richard Prince. The canvas was human flesh. And so the project was born. It just needed someone to capture it all on camera.
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