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Bluenorthwest

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28. And Tunick has been doing work of this sort for decades, over 90 public installations.....
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:32 AM
May 2016

This page has photos of several of the past events. He's got ongoing exhibitions, upcoming major civic projects in three countries.
I have as yet to meet any successful artist in any field that was not self promotional and pretentious at times. He sure fits that bill with this verbiage, but again that's sort of how that world turns.
http://spencertunick.com/installations

Here is the sign up page for his upcoming photo shoot in Hull, UK:
"Ferens Art Gallery is pleased to announce a site specific commission by Spencer Tunick. The internationally renowned New York based artist will gather hundreds of naked people to take part in a series of photographic installations in the city centre on 9 July 2016.

In response to Hull’s maritime history Tunick’s participants will wear body paint to reference the colours of the sea found in the Ferens Art Gallery’s paintings. Sea of Hull will be presented at the gallery in 2017, during the UK City of Culture year.

Take part in this unique art event and temporarily transform the city streets. Each participant will receive a limited edition print of the installation as a permanent record of involvement. You will only be naked for a short period of time.
Tunick has created over 90 art installations over 20 years in some of the most culturally significant landmarks around the world from the Sydney Opera House to Mexico City. His work challenges preconceived notions of nudity and the culturally charged, often negative, connotations associated with it. This is Spencer Tunick’s first project in Hull."
http://www.hull2017.co.uk/whatson/events/seaofhull/

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The Jezebel comment section romanic May 2016 #1
Do you disagree with the comments I posted? cali May 2016 #2
Not really Major Nikon May 2016 #40
Rince Prebis (sp) Probably Requested This As A Way To.... global1 May 2016 #3
I dont think it was munch of a statement. Katashi_itto May 2016 #4
Snap. Exactly. cali May 2016 #7
I direct movies. It looked pretty evident right off the bat. Thanks for the link! I wasn' familia Katashi_itto May 2016 #8
+1 n/t n2doc May 2016 #13
I agree with you. DLevine May 2016 #5
Get 100 men to pose naked if you want to get the Republicans Really Excited :) . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #6
Posing in bathroom stalls. snort May 2016 #27
Meh, everyone is a critic n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2016 #9
It's not about artistic merit. cali May 2016 #10
I wish it would be 100 nude trans women. Vinca May 2016 #11
Well, after going on google to view the images and jerk it a few times MillennialDem May 2016 #39
I'm with you. Objectifying women IMO. Screw that . apcalc May 2016 #12
black out porkified May 2016 #14
looks like it is Pissing OFF All The RIGHT People.. stonecutter357 May 2016 #15
No, it's pissing off the LEFT people. nt DLevine May 2016 #17
no it's not... stonecutter357 May 2016 #18
It's pissing off feminists cali May 2016 #19
all artists should be doing something else - like whatever you pick. stonecutter357 May 2016 #20
Silly strawman cali May 2016 #24
who exactly made you the interpreter of art for the rest of us? stonecutter357 May 2016 #25
Shockingly, I'm expressing my opinion on a board expressly designed cali May 2016 #29
So-called "artists" always try to piss off people to seem "edgy" 7962 May 2016 #23
Air conditioning pisses off feminists Major Nikon May 2016 #41
"it's both a distraction and pointless" JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #16
I don't care one way or the other - except ... Chemisse May 2016 #21
Yes, this. smirkymonkey May 2016 #42
But its yuge! World class! Never been done before with more than 99 women even at the Trump Casinos! marble falls May 2016 #22
It'll piss off the religious nuts Matrosov May 2016 #26
And Tunick has been doing work of this sort for decades, over 90 public installations..... Bluenorthwest May 2016 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #30
And yet none of the comments in thread indicate any knowledge of the artist's work Bluenorthwest May 2016 #33
The op is not about the artistic merit of Tunick's work cali May 2016 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #37
The comment I responded to here is about 'modern art' being terrible. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #38
Sounds like another "epic, stunning statement" I "need to understand." LuvLoogie May 2016 #31
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #32
One more time, this isn't about artistic merit. cali May 2016 #35
I, too, like OW. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #36
I'm not sure how you can reconcile that Major Nikon May 2016 #43
Ridiculous and irrelevant JHB May 2016 #44
I feel you. Its dumb. apnu May 2016 #45
my main concern is what'll happen if the sun's out and the mirrors aren't all perfectly parallel MisterP May 2016 #46
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