Surrealist artist Ray Caesar combines time periods by showing this Edwardian girl from the early 20th century lifting her skirts to reveal her tattoos beneath. It was only in the latter half of the 20th century that Western women began to tattoo themselves.
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Ray Caesar’s Victorian Ladies are Seductive and Sinister
Ray Caesar was born in London, England in 1958. He describes his childhood art as “atypical and aberrant” as it was unlike the bright pop art of the 60s and 70s. Drawing inspiration from Classical, Baroque and Romantic era paintings, Caesar creates fantasy scenes that include innocent young girls, sensual young women or ageless divas. […]