Fakir Musafar
Roland Loomis (August 10, 1930 – August 1, 2018), known professionally as Fakir Musafar, was an American performance artist and early artist of the modern primitive movement.[1] He worked with and taught body modification techniques such as body piercing, tightlacing, scarification, tattooing, and flesh hook suspension.
Fakir Musafar | |
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| Born | Roland Loomis August 10, 1930 |
| Died | August 1, 2018 (aged 87) Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Cléo Dubois |
| Website | www.Fakir.org |
In May 2018, Musafar announced on his website that he was suffering from terminal lung cancer.[2] He died from the disease on August 1, 2018 in Menlo Park, California, aged 87.[3]
References
- ↑ Wilson, Stephen (28 February 2003). Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology. ISBN 9780262731584.
- ↑ "Farewell from Fakir". www.fakir.org.
- ↑ "R.I.P. Fakir Musafar". Infinite Body Piercing, Inc.
Other websites
- National Geographic documentary Taboo
- Biography
- Body Modification E-zine interview Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Excerpt of interview - Discusses modern primitives, from RE/Search
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