The Gift That Keeps On Giving…A Man Sells His Tatooed Back Skin To An Art Collector. In Order TO Make This Happen, The Man Agrees To Be Flayed When He Dies!

The next time you are picking out the perfect ink design, you never know what admirers you will attract. Tim Steiner is a prime example of this. Steiner has an amazing art piece tattooed on his back and it caught the eye, and wallet, of an art collector. The deal they came up with will blow your mind.

Steiner was tattooed a decade ago by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye (who drew abundant controversy over his work on pigs) Steiner volunteered to be the canvas for a piece involving a haloed Madonna, a Mexican-style skull, swallows, rose, joe fish and children frolicking among lotus flowers. The tattoo has been said to have taken over 40 hours to complete.

As reported by Independent, In 2008, the work, entitled TIM, was sold to German art collector Rik Reinking, with Steiner getting a third of the sum. He currently exhibits the work in art galleries (and anywhere he has his shirt off, presumably), but the exhibitions won’t stop when he dies. As part of the deal, Steiner has agreed to be skinned after his death, with his skin being permanently framed and residing in Reinking’s art collection.

So next time you are flipping through the laminated poster index in the tat shop, you never know if it might be a longer term investment than you think.

Source: Indpendent