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100 Naked Women Will Welcome Donald Trump to the Republican National Convention
​Artist Spencer Tunick discusses his art installation near the Quicken Loans Arena​ in July.



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Spencer Tunick

At the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this July, 100 naked women will stand facing the Quicken Loans Arena holding large, round mirrors. They'll be part of artist Spencer Tunick's latest large-scale art installation: "Everything She Says Means Everything.


Tunick says Donald Trump provides the perfect backdrop:

"I could never have imagined there would be such a heightened attention to the male-versus-female dynamic of this Cleveland juggernaut of a convention," Tunick tells Esquire. "But I feel like doing this will sort of calms the senses. It brings it back to the body and to purity."

He’s also making a statement for his daughters:

"I have two daughters—9 and 11—and I want them to grow up in a progressive world with equal rights and equal pay and better treatment for women, and I feel like the 100 women lighting up the sky of Cleveland will send this ray of knowledge onto the cityscape," Tunick says. "I think it will enlighten not only the delegates but set the vibe of the weekend, set a tone."

Tunick announced the project and put out a call for unpaid volunteers this week. To pull it off, he'll work with a location manager, volunteers from local art schools, and his wife. Early in the morning on July 17, the day before the convention, the women will meet across from the arena on private property to get into formation, rain or shine. He estimates the volunteers will be nude for about 15 minutes. Each participant will receive a limited edition print of the project.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a44805/spencer-tunick-rnc-nude-women/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/5/13/1526143/-Donald-Trump-will-be-greeted-by-100-naked-women-outside-the-Republican-National-Convention

He's been arrested five times while attempting to work outdoors in New York, and Cleveland won't be his first brush with Republican politicians. While facing threat of arrest by New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the owners of Grand Central Station closed it down for him to host 400 women for an installation. The case against Tunick went to the Supreme Court. In 2000, the court ruled in favor of the artist.

"I ran into (Ruth Bader)Ginsburg at a museum after that and I thanked her," Tunick says. "She said, 'Just don't do it on the steps of the Supreme Court.'"