After appearing of totem art, the sign of totem art became the symbol of totem idea. And the mystery of totem art evolved the social function that shows taboo.

图腾艺术出现后，图腾艺术符号成为图腾观念的象征，其神秘性也就向表达禁忌需要的社会功能演变。

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Tattoo is the mark of keeping totem worship in less advanced nations, the emblem of an art and the mark of the people who are against the mainstream culture and who do something unconventional.

文身既是后进民族保留的图腾崇拜的标志，也是一种艺术方式的体现，还是反主流文化人群标新立异、反叛社会的一种标志。

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If, as Ms. Taubman says, she truly believes that Indian contemporary art should be displayed by museums and galleries alongside mainstream contemporary art, why didn't she juxtapose, for example, an Ellsworth Kelly "Totem" with the Quigno?

WSJ: Changing Hands | We Are Here! | Native, North American, New | By Lee Rosenbaum