What You'll Get
Most people are not fortunate enough to be born with a birthmark in the shape of their favorite basketball player or band logo. Rectify nature's mistake with today's Groupon to Den|Art NY in Brooklyn. Choose between the following options:
- For $99, you get a three-hour guided body-painting experience for one (a $299 value), plus a 30-minute photo shoot (a $100 value; a $399 total value).
- For $169, you get a three-hour guided body painting experience for two (a $399 value), plus a 30-minute photo shoot (a $100 value; a $499 total value).
The experienced artists at Den|Art NY transform bodies into vibrantly adorned living murals. In a three-hour paint-and-play session, patrons can paint and be painted in a fully equipped studio flooded with natural light and fresh-squeezed creative juices. The instructor first demonstrates epidermal adornment techniques during a quick introduction to the principles of skin-slathering. Then, armed with skills, handed a brush, and shouldered with creative responsibility, guests decorate one another according to self-created designs, calling upon the instructor for assistance as needed. Pupils who arrive without a partner, or with an invisible friend who's already painted, are paired up with a fellow singleton or with the instructor. Once torsos are flourishing with bursts of color and poker-playing dogs, a half-hour photo shoot documents the complete work of body art, and each patron leaves with a CD of high-resolution digital images in their multicolored hand. A light snack is included.
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Mar 31, 2012. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Subject to availability. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About DenArt Studio
Most painters don't have a body count on their website. Danny Setiawan is the exception—he’s artfully slathering 292 people with paint in 2012. He's been painting traditionally since he was a child in Indonesia, but after graduating from Parsons The New School For Design in New York, he shifted his brush from synthetic to living canvases, layering participants’ skin with lush koi fish, patterns, and re-creations of famous masterpieces. As he told The Today Show, Setiawan became a body painter to imbue his artwork with more relevancy. "You cannot ignore a piece of art if it's painted on a human body," he said, echoing the sentiments Da Vinci expressed when Da Vinci added a miniature Mona Lisa to the forehead of the Mona Lisa.
Since he began filling his portfolio with body paintings, Setiawan's work has been far from ignored. In addition to visiting with Kathie Lee and Hoda, DenArt Studio has been recognized by Last Call with Carson Daly, as well as American Airlines, American Express, and Stoli. Many of his clients are not only attracted to the studio's colorful portfolio but also by its unique services. Guests can commission an artist to paint them clothed or unclothed as individuals or couples, expectant moms can opt for a maternity body-art session, and Halloween celebrants can enlist the studio's help bringing their costumes to life with body paint. At the onsite photo studio a photographer captures the resulting images in dramatic detail. Attendants can also paint each other at a casual Art on Live Canvas workshop, and ambitious artists looking to become the next Danny Setiawan can enroll in a body-painting or makeup course.