When Replacing Body Canvas

In contemporary painting, painters, not only can use the canvas as a place to mengguratkan a work, but also can use other media. Because contemporary art no longer know the limits of media, so that even the smooth body of women also can be used as the medium of painting.

Paint on the body, or better known as the Body Painting, is one form of contemporary painting (the present) that was favored by today's modern society. Abroad, especially in western societies (western society), Body Painting has been popular since the 1960s. While in Indonesia recently began his own art was known in recent years.

Unlike tattoos using a needle and permanent paint, Body Painting uses watercolors are temporary (temporary) and a brush like that used for ordinary paint. In Body Painting, the entire surface of the human body can be used as the medium of painting, from head to toe. Body Painting Models usually only wear minimal clothing, or even naked at all.

Art Body Painting believed to derive from art forms of ancient / traditional which is owned by almost all cultures in the world. Traditional society had always been used to decorate the body with natural dyes are temporary for a specific purpose, such as for religious rituals, for camouflage when hunting, for a marker of social status, or for traditional celebrations. Until now the original form of body art painting of this kind can still be found in some societies, for example on the lives of indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand, African, and Asian communities. One example is the Mehndi. Mehndi, also known as semi-permanent form of Body Painting for its ability to survive for several weeks, is the art of body painting using henna dye. Mehndi is still practiced by the people of India and the Middle East, namely for the bride in a traditional marriage ceremony. Another example is the people of Papua who painted his body before the war or when the display of traditional dances.