Elle Pérez

Wilding and Charles

2019

A black and white photograph capturing an intimate moment where a tattoo artist, wearing gloves and glasses, is inking a design on the upper arm of a person who is sitting with their eyes closed. The tattoo recipient's upper body is wrapped in plastic wrap, and both individuals have visible tattoos on their arms. The scene conveys a sense of focus and artistry.

A black and white photograph capturing an intimate moment where a tattoo artist, wearing gloves and glasses, is inking a design on the upper arm of a person who is sitting with their eyes closed. The tattoo recipient's upper body is wrapped in plastic wrap, and both individuals have visible tattoos on their arms. The scene conveys a sense of focus and artistry.

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Date
2019

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 54 1/8 × 37 7/8 in. (137.5 × 96.2 cm) Image (sight): 50 × 33 1/2 in. (127 × 85.1 cm)

Accession number
2019.407

Edition
1/5 | 2 APs

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Elle Pérez

API
artworks/61741

Exhibitions

Whitney Biennial 2019

May 17–Oct 27, 2019

Installation photography

Installation view of the Whitney Biennial 2019 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 17-September 22, 2019). From left to right: Jeffrey Gibson, PEOPLE LIKE US, 2019; Elle Pérez, t, 2019; Elle Pérez, Gabriel, 2019; Elle Pérez, Mae (three days after), 2019; Elle Pérez, Wilding and Charles, 2019; Elle Pérez, Dahlia and David (fag with a scar that says dyke), 2019; Elle Pérez, José Gabriel, 2019; Tiona Nekkia McClodden, I prayed to the wrong god for you, 2019; Jeanette Mundt, Born Athlete American: Laurie Hernandez I, 2018; Jeanette Mundt, Born Athlete American: Simone Biles I, 2017. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Whitney Biennial 2019

Elle Pérez
7 works in the collection, 2 exhibitions

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