Spencer Tunick, the New York artist who has photographed thousands of people in the nude around the world, will arrive in Colombia next year to produce his human installation, a performance intended to once again express the vulnerability of nakedness and our relationship to public spaces.
Tunick, who created his first work with nude subjects in New York in 1992, has received commissions from cities such as Barcelona, Munich, Sydney, Rome, and Vienna, as well as institutions like Art Basel, the São Paulo Biennial, and Saatchi Gallery, among others.
His experiences in Latin America have been diverse, with Mexico standing undoubtedly out as a landmark in his career. In 2007, at the Zócalo, the country's politically and historically most important public square, Tunick gathered 18,000 Mexican citizens, his record so far. What response his proposal will find in Colombia remains to be seen.
The process of application to participate in Tunick's project in Colombia will be made public shortly. Tunick expects to bring together around 1,200 nude individuals.
The 46-year-old artist is one of the most controversial figures in the art world. He has been arrested six times for his installations. One of his most attention-grabbing projects was performed and photographed in front of the United Nations building in New York City.