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If you were to go to photographer Spencer Tunick's website at http://www.spencertunick.com
his biography would read simply this..
Biography
| 1967 |
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| 1988 |
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| 1990 |
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Perhaps his artwork says enough?
I'll let you decide...
New Mexico 3 (Spencer Hot Springs, SITE Santa Fe) 2001
New Mexico 2 (Jemez Valley, SITE Santa Fe) 2001
France 3 (Biennale de Lyon) 2005
NewcastleGateshead 3 (BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art) 2005
Düsseldorf 4 (Museum Kunst Palast) 2006
San Sebastian 1 (Fundación COFF) 2006
Miami Beach 6 (Sagamore) 2007
Miami Beach 3 (Sagamore) 2007
Miami Beach 2 (Sagamore) 2007
Netherlands 6 (Dream Amsterdam Foundation) 2007
Mexico City 7 (Zócalo, MUCA/UNAM Campus) 2007
Mexico City 1 (Zócalo, MUCA/UNAM Campus) 2007
Mexico City 9 (Museo Frida Kahlo) 2007
I have known about Tunick for sometime and have STILL not purchased his 2001 dvd release, entitled Naked World. For those of you who want to buy it, simply go to HBO.com. The film follows Tunick as he photographs nude folks in public places throughout the United States.
As shown by the photos in this post he has since then covered many countries as well.
An interview with artist Spencer Tunick at the Sagamore Hotel
"A body is a living entity. It represents life, freedom, sensuality, and it is a mechanism to carry out our thoughts. A body is always beautiful to me. It depends on the individual work and what I do with it and what kind of idea lies behind it — if age matters or not. But in my group works, the only difference is how far people can go if it rains, snows etc.”
----------–Spencer Tunick
GreenPeace project - Hundreds strip naked on glacier in global warming protest - Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland
Tunick at work in Amsterdam 2007
I very much appreciate Tunick's use of body. While he admits the body can be sexual it is nice to see that his goal is not to use it for the sake of exhibitionism or pornography. I also admire his humility as he acknowledges the oh so many people who participate in his installations. He acknowedges that they too are creating art.
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