Krnovsk tattoo artist Ivo Výboch has been tattooing for thirty years, a book and a film commemorate this
“I knew and felt right away that tattooing was something I wanted to do. Tattooing is still an art form. A tattoo needle serves me just as well as a pencil or a brush. I am able to create images on human skin, and that fascinates me,“ says Výboch in the documentary film Tattoo Zone 30 Years, which was made about him and the people around his tattoo studio by director and cameraman Petr Hrubeš. The film had its public premiere at the Kofola club in Krnov at the celebration of the thirty years of the oldest tattoo parlor in Krnov.
The documentary also features talented budding tattoo artists Sára Výbochová and Šimon Výboch, who followed in their father's footsteps. A number of other fellow tattoo artists and tattooed clients describe in the documentary how Ivo Výboch helped them find their way to professional tattooing. For example, the deputy chief of the Silesian Hospital reveals in the film that he has been getting tattoos for twenty years thanks to his friendship with Výboch. The doctor also presents the tattoos of his son, who had many pictures all over his body even before his high school graduation.
Don't get a tattoo
Výboch's Krnov salon Tattoo Zone, founded in 1992, is one of the oldest not only in Krnov, but in the entire Czech Republic. Ivo Výboch became a well-known figure in his industry not only as a Czech pioneer of professional tattooing and a disseminator of education, but above all he drew attention to himself with the artistic quality and originality of his motifs. It is no wonder that tattoo fans organized such a grand birthday party in Kofola to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Výboch's Tattoo Zone salon.
Aneta Cibulková was among the well-wishers, who presented her epic book Don't Get Tattooed Stupidly for the first time. “I approached Ivo when the crowdfunding campaign was still underway, which helped pay for the publication of the book. I hoped that the topic would suit him, because Ivo could stand up for the professional part of my book. It is intended for those who want to get a good tattoo. I am not saying which topic is the right one for them, but I am presenting them with the whole range of processes, how the choice should be made. How to think about a tattoo, how to choose a tattoo artist or what to do if something goes wrong. The book can also be a starting point for novice tattoo artists,“ said Aneta Cibulková, who included selected works by 21 selected Czech and Slovak tattoo artists in her book. She also mentions frightening massacres such as tattoos with a pin from a bulletin board or a fork in a criminal's kitchen.
A story from a trade
When Ivo Výboch started thirty years ago, clients demanded that their pictures be hidden under their clothes. They didn't want to have problems, for example, in their employment. Today, society fully accepts tattoos, so on the contrary, they make tattoos as visible as possible. Another huge advance in the industry was the invention of the wireless tattoo machine a few years ago. There is a funny story associated with the founding of the Tattoo Zone studio in Krnov: how Ivo Výboch went to the trade licensing office to announce that he wanted to make a living from tattooing. “The ladies at the tradesmen looked at me with their mouths open, as if I wanted something unreal from them. As if I were telling them I wanted to be an astronaut,“ laughs Ivo Výboch, remembering the wide-eyed office workers.
In the documentary, he also presents other related fields such as permanent make-up with the thinnest needles or removing outdated and unsuccessful images from the skin with a laser. Or his invention: a tattoo of a goat that you jump over in the gym. He also explains how the image is lightened for a cover-up tattoo, or repairs and alterations. The most common request from clients is to remove the names and dates of former counterparts.
In addition to tattoos and tattoo removal, Tattoo Zone is also dedicated to education. He organizes courses in piercing, tattooing and, in collaboration with the cosmetic studio In-Visage by Markéta Tichavská, also permanent make-up. Výboch guides his budding colleagues not to copy their idols and teachers, but to find their own style. He himself has never put down his palette and brushes. In his free time, he also develops his creative artistic potential on canvas.
“When I didn't enjoy listening at school, I drew various comics in my diaries and notebooks. That left me with the idea that I sometimes want to create only according to my own style. My classmates remember my painting at class reunions. They also made a chronicler out of me in the military,“ Ivo Výboch looks back on the past in the film Tatto Zone 30 Years. And the future? He would like to choose fine work with motifs that he personally enjoys and is interested in. He would like to paint more on canvas and organize an exhibition of his paintings. “If I had to have a vision for the future, it would be for me, Sára and Šimon to work together,“ Výboch revealed his family vision.
A gift for a dog shelter
“Ivo is, above all, a great guy. In the ten years we have been cooperating, we have never had a fight. I would put my hand in a fire for him,“ confided in the film another well-known tattoo artist from Krnov, Olda Pavelek, one of the faces of Tatto Zone.
The birthday party in Kofola was seen by tattoo artists and their clients as an opportunity for charity. Right on stage during the birthday party, the tattoo artists painted four paintings that were auctioned off for 35,000 crowns. With this money, tattoo fans bought heaps of kibble and food, and set off to Opava to please the dogs in the shelter. “The charity part of the celebration was taken care of by my life partner Markéta Tichavská and her daughter Sára. I would like to thank the girls for myself and for the animals," concluded Ivo Výboch.
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