Nude exhibit goes online

IF YOU were one of the 3,000-plus people who stripped off in the name of art last year for the Spencer Tunick installations at Blarney Castle and Spencer Dock, you might want to check out his online exhibition.

For four months from today, these artworks, featuring blanket-like photographs of nude people, will be available at www.tunickireland.com.

Commissioned by the Cork Midsummer Festival and Dublin Docklands Development Authority, the website features photographs from each city and footage documenting the various installations. Tunick is recognised worldwide for his elaborately posed still and video images of multiple nude figures in public settings.

Director of the Cork Midsummer Festival William Galinsky said the website captured the beauty of the Irish artworks.

“I was overwhelmed by the emotion at the event, and seeing the images really brought back those memories. Tunick’s installations are unique in that they are a celebration of the human form, and we are delighted that this democratic exhibition takes the art out of the gallery and brings it to the people. It is a stunning document to what was a moving and joyful experience”, he said.

Marketing director with the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, Loretta Lambkin, added: “We feel that this online exhibition will give added value to the exhibition and will capture the excitement and fun that was generated by the project in Dublin and Cork.”

All the participants in the Dublin and Cork projects will receive limited edition photographs of the installations. People who took part at both the South Wall and Treasury Holdings’ Altro Vetro Building in Dublin will receive two prints, as will the people who took part in the Blarney Castle and White Street Car Park installations in Cork.

Each photograph measures 8 x 10 inches and is printed on the same high-quality photographic paper that Spencer Tunick uses for his larger artworks.