JohnFrim wrote:
Right on. This is about opinions, not rules or laws.
Ah, so now you're saying YOUR opinion outweighs rules and laws.
A legend in your own ego.
I've had my say. I've no inclination for this post that was about an event to celebrate freedom to become saturated by this discussion. Reply if you wish, that's your right and I respect that. I've made my views plain.
JohnFrim
Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.
RogStrix wrote:
I've had my say. I've no inclination for this post that was about an event to celebrate freedom to become saturated by this discussion. Reply if you wish, that's your right and I respect that. I've made my views plain.
As have I. Let's enjoy photography!
Sorry, as a professional artist... I have seen some events that contained wonderful and interesting/clever examples of "canvasses" and art , but they were mostly both at other events. Oh the participants are welcome to have fun and I'd laugh and celebrate along with them on that level, but this one made me mostly scratch my head- like looking at a sip and paint and pretending its something else... perhaps that why the canvasses didn't show up.
But then there are to those who view a banana duct taped to a wall, or listening to Yoko Ono sing, and argue that it is "beautiful" art. Calling someone a Nazi because they disagree is cheap and demeaning to the very real atrocities they did and to those to whom they did them too.
RichieC wrote:
.... Calling someone a Nazi because they disagree is cheap and demeaning to the very real atrocities they did and to those to whom they did them too.
No one was called a Nazi, merely a comparison of attitudes.
IMO to say that people of a certain size/shape/age cannot/should not participate is spiteful and demeaning and totally contrary to the values a free society aspires to.
(Full disclosure (no pun intended): While I missed the event this year, I've attended, photographed, run security, and --- on several occasions -- participated as a model in many of the past years' events)
Those complaining about the bodies of the models are completely missing the point, and it's quite disappointing. The primary purpose of Body Painting Day is to spotlight the work of the artists doing the painting.
One piece that I'm proud to be part of is shown in the attached photo. It's called "The Demon of Alcoholism Eating Hearts and Brains" (The woman on the left is Uta, the artist).
It's rather disappointing that people on a forum devoted the treating photography as an art form would consider bodypainting as just an excuse to ogle hot babes.
JohnFrim
Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.
JamesCurran wrote:
(Full disclosure (no pun intended): While I missed the event this year, I've attended, photographed, run security, and --- on several occasions -- participated as a model in many of the past years' events)
Those complaining about the bodies of the models are completely missing the point, and it's quite disappointing. The primary purpose of Body Painting Day is to spotlight the work of the artists doing the painting.
One piece that I'm proud to be part of is shown in the attached photo. It's called "The Demon of Alcoholism Eating Hearts and Brains" (The woman on the left is Uta, the artist).
It's rather disappointing that people on a forum devoted the treating photography as an art form would consider bodypainting as just an excuse to ogle hot babes.
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Not a bad piece of art. And not a bad canvas either. (Except beer steins don't have a spigot!!!
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azted wrote:
It does seem like the quality of the painting has gone down. If the artwork is great, you do not notice the less than desirable parts to look at. Maybe the bloom is off the rose for the artists that used to do this sort of thing. But it sure looks like those who participated had a blast!
I agree! The event is organized by Andy Golub, an artist who has popularized BP here in NYC since the early 2010s which culminated in the first Body Painting Day in 2014 at the entrance to Central Park at 59th Street. He was also the artist that painted a model that NYC's Finest arrested in Times Square in 2012. Zoe West, a model that I have myself photographed several times, defended by Ron Kuby, a civil rights lawyer, won a court judgment against the city to the tune of $15K.
This year's event was scheduled for only 4 hours, held in the paved and finished area in Union Square where there's a Farmers Market, 4 times a week. Not far away from a large park with plenty of shade and grass. I guess, the powers that be did want the grass trampled. The date picked was unfortunately in July with mid-90s temperature and terrible noonday sun. Still, there were plenty of spectators and cameras and looking back, although I didn't stay long, was fun.
Thanks for looking at this thread and all the replies and comments. Here's one more image and some others from a BP studio shoot from 2011. Be well! Ed
azted wrote:
It does seem like the quality of the painting has gone down. If the artwork is great, you do not notice the less than desirable parts to look at. Maybe the bloom is off the rose for the artists that used to do this sort of thing. But it sure looks like those who participated had a blast!
elee's photos appear to be from early in the day, when the artists were just starting. The artists are given four hours to create their works, and most spend the whole time on one model, perfecting the image.
So what happens next? Shopping for groceries? Dinner and a movie?
JD750 wrote:
So what happens next? Shopping for groceries? Dinner and a movie?
Double-decker bus ride around the city, then a private party (in Brooklyn these days).
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