Searxng/Fakir Musafar Celebrity Explore Fakir Musafar, the pioneering force of Modern Primitivism who transformed body modification into radical queer art and spiritual ritual. April 5, 2026 AceShowbiz - Fakir Musafar stands as an extraordinary figure in the realm of queer body performance and photography, though many remain unfamiliar with his pioneering work. From the mid-1940s until his passing in 2018 due to cancer, Musafar, born Roland Loomis, explored the limits of the human body through piercing, tattooing, and other transformative practices.