Celebrating birth with nude Tunick shoot
Chris and Amanda Burke. Photo: Adam Hollingworth
NOTHING will stand in the way of this couple taking part in photographer Spencer Tunick’s nude installation tomorrow – not even the birth of their twins.
Amanda and Chris Burke rescheduled the birth so they could be among the expected 2000 people to assemble nude on the Opera House steps.
After the shoot, Ms Burke will rush to the hospital to be induced for the birth.
”As soon as we’ve had our picture, I will be running for a taxi,” Ms Burke said. ”We’ve always admired Spencer’s work so we’re willing to put anything on hold – including giving birth to our twins.”
[From Two bare all before mum bears two]
Good on them! I chickened out because I am so close to term and it was in Sydney but I think it is wonderful that a couple is celebrating like this. I wish them lots of luck and joy with their twins and hope the birth goes smoothly. it will certainly be a day they will never forget- and a great story for the kids later!
friday nude quotes
If we were surrounded all the time by nude people, do you think we would think about sex all the time? Of course not, we would get used to it. So it follows that the reason nudity has a tendency to remind us of sex is that we are stopped continually from seeing nude people
Boundless Gallery to close it’s Virtual Doors
Spirit – 36×21 Oils on Canvas – SOLD
Apparently the recession isn’t only hitting the bricks and mortar galleries. Boundless Gallery, one of my most successful online galleries is closing on March 1. I am saddened by this as I have made the most sales through them online, including one just this week. the announcement came a couple of days ago and has thrown the community of artists into shock as we fear losing our payments due.
The official announcement has assured artists that they will continue to be paid for all sales up to March 1. there is no information regarding renewal payments at this stage.
While I am sad to see Boundless go, I have watched the market expand exponentially with many new online galleries coming into fruition. some with more marketing plans, stronger designs and art buying tools. I believe online art galleries are the way forward, especially for people like myself, to tap into international markets and make continual sales despite physical limitations.
I don’t understand how their business model could be losing money, the overhead costs should be covered by artist payments and commissions. the paypal fees are passed onto the artists and maintenance should be minimal. however, I feel that in the last year or so Boundless has let it’s marketing slide, not tapping into social media enough or keeping their design modern and up to date. the mixed colors, fonts and styles have led to it looking sloppier, less high end. This has not been helped by the artists who have been lowering their prices in the current recession. all of this leads to less buyer confidence. some artists have been reporting slow payments and layoffs of staff that we know speak to this coming for a little while.
My other online gallery, Discovered Artists, has changed it’s business model drastically moving to a more traditional commercial gallery system. they represent artists, curate the works displayed and market aggressively. I believe that this model will be ultimately quite successful and their design and pricing is very high end. They are the first to use this system and while they are still emerging I do believe they will come out ahead.
For BG artists looking for a way forward, I recommend reading Empty Easel’s advice on selling online. they have excellent reviews of most online galleries.
Nude of the Week
the sketch was sluggish but the render was very easy to pull out, especially with the help of my favorite lights! the painting is complete, check it out next week!
friday nude quotes
If people were meant to run around naked, they wouldn’t have been born wearing clothes
Nude of the Week
Watercolor and Pencil on Paper
this was one of those concepts I had a really hard time envisioning on paper. I knew what was in my head.. but I just couldn’t seem to draw it! still, once I rendered it I found it a most inspiring piece and painted it almost straight away.. stay tuned…
friday nude quotes
I honestly don’t understand the big fuss made over nudity and sex in films. It’s silly. On TV, the children can watch people murdering each other, which is a very unnatural thing, but they can’t watch two people in the very natural process of making love. Now, really, that doesn’t make any sense, does it?
nude censored under glass in Britain
This Is Me (Who Am I) by Marie WhiteThe modesty of a nude sculpture has been hidden by frosted glass in a gallery’s window after complaints led to police intervention.
Police said the model at the A Gallery, in Wimbledon, south-west London, was deemed offensive under the Indecent Displays Act 1991.Artist Marie White, 24, said she did not intend the piece, entitled This Is Me (Who Am I), to cause offence.
Scotland Yard said officers gave a man and woman “advice” at the gallery.
Ms White, a student at the Wimbledon School of Art, said: “She’s not posing in a lewd, crude way so the reaction of males that they can’t view a nude sculpture and not imprint the sexual aspect onto her, I find that quite surprising really.
[From BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Artist's naked ambition censored ]
it amazes me that something like this actually warrants a visit from the cops. don’t they have something better to do? I’m lucky enough to have A Gallery and their director in my contacts so I asked Fraser Kee Scott for his opinion on the matter.
Personally I find it strange that you can have naked breasts on page 3 of the biggest selling paper in England, but can’t put a nude sculpture in a window. If you hide something and insist it is hidden then it becomes a strange and curious thing – and to do that to something 1/2 of the people on Earth have – breasts – then that causes trouble.
This piece is entirely non sexual. in fact, it’s no more arousing than a storefront dummy that is in the process of being dressed. it’s an interesting concept and I would like to see more of the piece. England is very strange in it’s censorship laws. there seem to be many disparate and opposing views. from the sublime to the ridiculous.
I hope that the frosted glass will enable the gallery more walk in traffic, people intrigued by the censorship, what is obscured and what it all means. Perhaps the censorship will, in fact, create the opposite effect- I can always hope!
Nude of the Week
Sketchbook Library – Floor pose Sketch
I know the line of the leg is not anatomically correct, but I love the fluidity of it. sometimes it’s more fun to exaggerate or to distort to make a point.
10 Ways to beat post exhibition blues
Something that I never knew when I started exhibiting was that it’s very common to have the post exhibition blues. in fact, almost every artist I have spoken to has had this issue. there is a let down after the huge event. you spend so much time focussing on it all, creating artworks, hanging, publicizing, it becomes a massive high capped off by the opening. then, suddenly, it’s over. and your life can seem.. empty, it can be crippling- my first exhibition had me lost for over a month in a deep depression.
after that first experience I decided that this should be something that can be avoided and I’ve been actively working on it ever since. these are my tips for beating that post-exhibition depression.
- Have a new series or body of work you are really excited about and ready to get started on. the sooner you get back into the studio the better. that’s why you became an artist!
- On the night of the opening go out to dinner with collectors, friends, family. a nice group of people you can enjoy who are going to give you support, distraction and a great come down after a perfect night.
- Don’t drink during the opening. nurse a glass of wine all night or have something else. alcohol is a depressant and you want to be sharp on the night.
- Keep a file of “warm fuzzies” – emails, comments, tweets of nice things that people have said about your work. refer to it at need!
- Spend 15 minutes in your studio each day, even if it is just looking out the window, sketching, looking at books, old sketchbooks, going over ideas, surround yourself in your art.
- Give your studio a spring clean. if you are like me, after an exhibition everything is in chaos. tidying it all up gives you a sense of closure, and a clean studio always beckons for new work!
- Try a new medium you’ve been meaning to try. experiment and have some fun!
- Tally up all your achievements at the exhibition, no matter how small. the people you gave your cards out to, the new mailing list signups, the good things that were said and done.
- Buy yourself a new sketchbook or brush or something, a nice treat to pat yourself on the back. it needn’t be expensive or large, just a celebration.
- Don’t focus on all the things you should have done or wish you had done. remember them for next time and move on. start planning the next big thing!
She’s bathed in Light – a poem by phantomimic
Her naked body
Rises fast
She lofty leaps
To my delight
Raised arms, curved spine
Away she darts
Today, my love….
She’s bathed in light!
I am so honored that my work has inspired this beautiful poem. to read the full piece, fully illustrated throughout with my works please visit here for more works by Phantomimic you can view his scribd page at http://www.scribd.com/Phantomimic or follow him on twitter
Nude of the Week
Kick – Sketchbook library Daz|Studio render
I am particularly pleased with the way this render turned out, it uses my new lights studio light pro which have made a mammoth difference to my works. I am really looking forward to painting these!
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