Ole Wittmann

Ole Wittmann (born 31 August 1977) is a German art historian, curator and publisher. He is specialized in the role of tattooing in art. His research on the German tattoo history of the late 19th and 20th century is considered pioneering.[1][2] He has written the first German doctoral thesis on tattooing and art and his research has generated considerable media interest.[3]

Ole Wittmann
Born (1977-08-31) 31 August 1977
Henstedt-Ulzburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Occupation(s)art historian and curator

Biographical and career information

Wittmann was born in Henstedt-Ulzburg. He studied art history at the University of Hamburg and has been a visiting lecturer there. He worked for the Arno Schmidt Stiftung from 2009 to 2012 and was involved in the conception of the exhibition 'Tattoo'[4] (2015) at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.

His doctoral thesis Tattoos in der Kunst[5] is concerned with material specific aspects and the iconology of tattoos, he received his Ph.D. in 2017.[6][7]

Since December 2015 Wittmann is a postdoctoral scholarship holder of the Hamburger Stiftung zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Kultur (Hamburg Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Culture) working on a research project on the estate of the German tattooist Christian Warlich (1891–1964) in cooperation with the Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg/Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte.[8]

Wittmann is the founder and owner of the company Nachlass Warlich.[9] He is an executive board member and research director of the nonprofit organisation Institut für deutsche Tattoo-Geschichte e.V. (IDTG) since 2018. Wittmann is the curator of the exhibition "Tattoo-Legenden. Christian Warlich auf St. Pauli" (2019/20) at the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte.[10]

Honours

In 2018 the book Karl Finke: Buch No. 3 which was edited and published by Wittmann was awarded bronze by the Art Directors Club für Deutschland e.V. (ADC)[11] and won the German Design Award.[12][13][14]

Bibliography
  • Tattoos in der Kunst Materialität – Motive – Rezeption Reimer Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-496-01569-7
  • Karl Finke: Buch No. 3. Ein Vorlagealbum des Hamburger Tätowierers. ISBN 978-3-000-56648-6[15]
    • Contributions in: Friedman, Anna Felicity: The World Atlas of Tattoo. Yale University Press, New Haven 2015, ISBN 0-300-2104-85, Page 182; 185-186; 188.
    • Tattoo-Legenden. In: Hamburg History Live, Nr. 2, 2016, Page 16–21. (in German)
    • Scham entblößen. Damien Hirsts Tattoo-Arbeit butterfly, divided. In: Inga Klein/Nadine Mai/Rostislav Tumanov (Ed.): Hüllen und Enthüllungen. (Un-)Sichtbarkeiten aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive, Berlin: Reimer 2017 (=Schriftenreihe der Isa Lohmann-Siems Stiftung, Vol. 10), p. 104–126.
    • Werkalterung und Umrisslinie: Zur Unschärfe von Tattoos. In: Iris Därmann/Thomas Macho (Ed.): Unter die Haut. Tätowierungen als Logo- und Piktogramme, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink 2017, p. 179–208.

Selected bibliography
  • Heim, Heide: Der Heilige Gral, TätowierMagazin, Nr. 248, Jg. 22, Oktober 2016, Page 74-83. (in German)
  • Coenen, Andreas: „Warlich – Finke – Wittmann. Auf den Wegen der Hamburger Tattoo-Tradition" [Interview mit Ole Wittmann], in: Tattoo Kulture Magazine 21, Issue 4, July/August 2017, p. 30–38.

See also

References
  1. Julika Pohle (July 13, 2016). "Wie ein Hamburger zum Urvater der Tätowierer wurde". Die Welt.
  2. Martin Kulik (September 10, 2017). "Tattoos in der Kunst". postmondaen.
  3. Print & Online / TV (June 7, 2018)
  4. Katrin Weber-Klüver (Mar 3, 2015). "Jetzt gibt's was auf die Poren". fluter. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  5. Art and Culture - Book Reviews
  6. "Tattoos in der Kunst – Ole Wittmann – AG Hautbilder". skinstudies.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  7. Heide Heim (Mar 20, 2017). "Buchvorstellung: Tattoos in der Kunst". Tätowier Magazin.
  8. Kilian Trotier (April 19, 2017). "Geschichte mit gravierenden Folgen". Die Zeit.
  9. imprint Nachlass Warlich
  10. Julika Pohle: Warum die Historischen Museen im Teufelskreis stecken. welt.de
  11. PDF list 2018 page 7 from 13.
  12. Karl Finke: Buch No. 3. Ein Vorlagealbum des Hamburger Tätowierers, Projekt-ID: GDA2019-31344. Team German Design Award 2019, Rat für Formgebung Service GmbH
  13. Art Directors Club für Deutschland e.V. (Ed.).: ADC Jahrbuch 2018, Berlin 2018, p. 330.
  14. Andrej Kupetz, Lutz Dietzold, Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council: German Design Award 2019. Excellent Communications Design, Volume 2, Frankfurt am Main 2019, p. 177.
  15. Leipziger Buchmesse, Grassi Museum für Völkerkunde Leipzig: Tattoos in der Kunst (Mar 16, 2018)
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