Spencer Tunick is the sometimes controversial artist and photographer who specializes in scenes with naked bodies in front of famous locations such as the United Nations or on top of glaciers.
The New York Times has called it " Art Costco for Billionaires ." It's Art Basel Miami Beach , and it's coming up December 6th. It's geared more toward buyers than browsers, but it's the largest art show you'll find in South Florida. From the Smithsonian: Miami Splash "Art Basel Miami Beach has one of the planet's highest concentrations of wealth and talent," boasts fair director Samuel Keller. "It's an explosive mixture of art, intellect, glamour and money." The art mart (a spinoff of the... Read Full Story
Photo courtesy MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel/Zurich) Ltd. This year's 6th annual Art Basel, in Miami Beach, starts Thursday December 6th and runs through Sunday December 9th. Spawned from the world premier modern and contemporary art fair in Switzerland, Miami Beach is once again hosting this world famous event. More than 1,500 international artists, and 200 galleries were represented last year showcasing paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations and photographs. This four day event drew... Read Full Story
Spencer Tunick, whom you may remember from his infamous photos of nudes assembling in public, en masse (Miami, Mexico City, you guys know what we’re talking about), has struck again in DF.
This time, instead of getting 20,000 people to get naked in Zocalo square, he opted for individual nude portraits- still in public. A NWS Video follows:
Tunick, a native New Yorker, says he returned to DF because he feels safer working in Mexico than in the U.S. And apparently there’s no shortage of... Read Full Story
Spencer Tunick, whom you may remember from his infamous photos of nudes assembling in public, en masse (Miami, Mexico City, you guys know what we’re talking about), has struck again in DF.
This time, instead of getting 20,000 people to get naked in Zocalo square, he opted for individual nude portraits- still in public. A NWS Video follows:
Tunick, a native New Yorker, says he returned to DF because he feels safer working in Mexico than in the U.S. And apparently there’s no shortage of... Read Full Story
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05/12/2008
Spencer Tunick , the master of the mass nude photo, hit Vienna, Austria over the weekend , photographing nearly 2,000 people in Happel Stadium. Tunick said he hoped to capture "the spirit of sports, the grand sweeping waves of stadium architecture and the abstract relation of the human form to modern structures."
No word on... Read Full Story
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An odd brush with Paris Hilton at Art Basel Miami Beach
"What the hell is Paris Hilton doing here?" was a familiar refrain this weekend at Art Basel Miami Beach, a gathering of the top players in the global art market.
Another unlikely attendee: Lucy Liu, whose painting... Read Full Story
New postings, so far, this week include: 1.) Divine Providence? - Video of Mike Huckabee, Republican Presidential Candidate, fielding a question at Liberty University (Friday Dec 7, 2007) 2.) Update on Complications of Same-sex Divorce - Rhode Island State Supreme Court ruled in the case of a lesbian couple seeking a divorce. (Friday Dec 7, 2007) 3.) Marital Status - A personal account of how business applications and documents are excluding same-sex couples; and, how Charles Schwab tried to... Read Full Story
Decisions, decisions - how does anyone make decisions? I like to think I am a rational and methodical person who weighs up the arguments, compiles spreadsheets and evaluates the advantages of the options before me. In fact (although I can do a pretty good spreadsheet) my decision-making is a random mixture of impulse and inertia. I also rely on irrational “defining moments”, when a situation, or a chance remark, brings things into focus, and my decision is made.
The other day I attended a... Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Spencer Tunick". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story
