Russian Criminal Tattoo Exhibition

Needles and Sins (my personal favorite blog) published a write up of the Russian Criminal Tattoo Exhibition yesterday. The selection of drawings and photographs opens tomorrow and running through November 28, 2010, at London’s Fuel Design.

Ms. DiMattia writes, “In London, Fuel Design, publishers of the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia series, will be exhibiting a selection of 120 original drawings by Danzig Baldaev who documented the art and meanings of criminal tattoos–in over 3,000 sketches–during his time as a prison guard between 1948 and 1986. The exhibit also includes photos by Sergei Vasiliev, whose prints will be for sale.”

I’m highlighting the drawings (after the jump) and the two fine fellows above. The Guardian, Ms. DiMattia notes, has also produced a review of the exhibition.

Fuel Design
4 Wilkes Street
London

For drawings, hit the jump.