Artist Spencer Tunick has been documenting the live nude figure in public, with photography and video, since 1992. Since 1994, he has organized over 100 temporary site-related installations that encompass dozens, hundreds or thousands of volunteers, and his photographs are records of these events. The individuals en masse, without their clothing, grouped together, metamorphose into a new shape. The bodies extend into and upon the landscape like a substance. Tunick stages scenes in which the battle of nature against culture is played out against various backdrops, from civic center to desert sandstorm, humans are returned to a pre-industrial, pre-everything state of existence. These group masses, which do not underscore sexuality, often become abstractions that challenge or reconfigure one's views of nudity and privacy. The work also refers to the complex issue of presenting art in permanent or temporary public spaces. More on Spencer Tunick: Click Here
IX Nomination 2024
"Decoding the Art of Spencer Tunick"
"Organizing Mass Art Installations"
"Nudity as Artistic Expression"
Spencer Tunick's Contribution to Art and Society"
Interactive Dialogue with Spencer Tunick"
"Art, Nudity, and Public Space"
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