Talk:Spencer Tunick/Archives/2014

Dead link

http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/SpencerTunickInstallation was a dead link on 8th Jan 2006. I will leave it for now in case this is a temporary outage - if this site has really gone away, someone can remove the link... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.140.71.154 (talk • contribs)

More than an year after your message, the link seems dead allright! However, it can be retrieved from archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20051221035643/http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/SpencerTunickInstallation --Vlad|-> 09:35, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Real name?

Is Spencer Tunick the name he was given by his parents? It seems rather a coincidence that someone who photographs people without clothes should have pieces of clothing as both his names. I haven't been able to locate any info either way. Does anyone have anything on this? Secret Squïrrel 16:18, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

"Tunick" is "tunic," yes, I can see that. But what article of clothing is a "spencer"? 140.147.160.78 (talk) 21:19, 12 December 2007 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

On reflection, I wonder if you're thinking of "suspenders." I think that's kind of stretching a point. 140.147.160.78 (talk) 19:15, 19 December 2007 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

Nope, definitely "spencer". It is a knitted wollen vest usually worn as an undergarment, often with "long johns". Guess this was what passed for thermal underwear before modern materials. Secret Squïrrel, approx 05:55, 16 April 2008 (Earth Standard Time)

Record ?

Hey, guys... did you noticed that Tunick recently broke a new record in el Zócalo? http://noticias.prodigy.msn.com/Landing.aspx?cp-documentid=4824816 There were over 18 thousand of nude people! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.128.23.4 (talk • contribs)

Deleted phrase ?

Shouldn't the following phrase be deleted, "On June 26, 2004, he completed his largest shoot in North America in Cleveland Ohio with 2,754 people posing" since their were over 18,000 people in his Mexico City shoot and Mexico is in North America? SageAndroid 04:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 04:31, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Sources

This article is sorely in need of citations. Can anyone please provide more citations? I'm not sure where to start. Thanks. --67.171.72.120 (talk) 07:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

List of locations for large installations?

It would be great to have a locations list. --67.171.72.120 (talk) 07:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

So no criticism?

Because im pretty sure hes a magnet for the stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.170.159.232 (talk) 10:11, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

If so, some balance is needed, so I have added a section.FigureArtist (talk) 03:07, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Calendar girls

His work needs to be seen in the wider context of nudity in public - its normalization, how unshocking it is. The Calendar Girls phenomenon shows (and will show readers in the future) what the social context of ST's work is. The article doesn't mention him, that is true, because he is only part of the "nudity trend" not its originator. In 20 year's time people might say, "And in those days, this kind of nudity was really pushing the boundary." If they look further, they will see it was not. Something else was going on in the art. "Feel good" events for the middle aged and overweight seeking legitimacy by concentration camps references. Jagdfeld (talk) 12:20, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Alleged Banksy photo

In case someone wants to readd the text about Banksy appearing in one of Tunick's nudes, Tunick himself says this is not the case. Since it's turned into a vandal war over on Banksy's article I figured I'd address it here too. Millahnna (mouse)talk 05:02, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Biased edits re Israel/Palestine.

User Disturany has repeatedly added the following

While the publicity for the shoot claimed it to be in Israel the event took place in Mitzpe Shamlem, an illegal settlement built on confiscated Palestinian land. This is also the site of the controversial Ahava factory that manufactures beauty products; Tunick's shoot also involved his subjects applying mud to themselves. Tunick is quoted as saying: "If you love freedom in New York, freedom in London, freedom in Italy... there's freedom in Israel, and I think this is very important for people to understand" a statement that overlooks the lack of freedoms endured by Palestinian's under Israeli occupation.

This is clearly a biased statement that fails our NPOV rules, in particular the bolded sentence at the end. I have removed this section, but it is only reversed by the same user.--Dmol (talk) 22:38, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Amsterdam Photo Owner?

Is this supposed to be a Tunick? It was uploaded as "own work" by someone with a user name that does not exist? Perhaps it is an anonymous photo by someone who was at a Tunick event, in which case it should be correctly attributed. Otherwise it is a copyright infringement.FigureArtist (talk) 02:38, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Criticism - Media reception

The following was originally posted within the Spencer Tunick#Media reception section, but belongs on the article talk page for discussion. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:55, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

The article stating the above exists online but it is one writer's opinion and not fact.

The facts are, Spencer Tunick has been written about positively by many art writers and reviewers around the world in many different languages. Including:

Lisa Liebman, Christian Viveros-Faune, Carlo McCormick, Grady Turner, Richard VIne and countless others. He has been written about positively in reviews and in articles in art journals such as Art In America, Art Forum, Trans Art Magazine, ARTNEXUS Magazine, World Art, Etc.

Here is his CV that includes articles from Flash Art, Art Forum, World Art, Art in America, etc. as well as many european art journals and newspapers.

http://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_history_view.asp?aid=425378777&info_type_id=5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krystlpink (talk • contribs) 22:49, 6 March 2013‎

We should not be issuing nondescript criticism/praise as that provides little information for the viewer. The reader is not informed of very much by knowing that one source approved and another source disapproved of the work. We should be including relevant observations by commentators that are more detailed than just approval/disapproval. Bus stop (talk) 16:50, 17 March 2013 (UTC)