When we last checked in with Spencer Tunick policemen in Britain were selling security tapes of his last large photo shoot – these days we find him in Mexico with his largest installation to date. Mireya Escalante, a Mexico City-based art consultant who is representing Mr Tunick, expects the participants to top 9,000.<\/p>\n
Ms Escalante says it has been difficult to secure institutional cooperation and financial backing for the project. Public nudity is not an easy subject in Catholic Mexico (even though demonstrators for peasants\u2019 rights have recently been disrobing en masse downtown), and politicians, arts organisations and sponsors have shied away from the potential controversy. <\/p>\n
The rest of this story, with all the ridiculous religious problems to be expected with public nudity can be found at The Art Newspaper.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When we last checked in with Spencer Tunick policemen in Britain were selling security tapes of his last large photo shoot – these days we find him in Mexico with his largest installation to date. Mireya Escalante, a Mexico City-based art consultant who is representing Mr Tunick, expects the participants to top 9,000. Ms Escalante says it has been difficult to secure institutional cooperation and financial backing for the project. Public nudity is not an easy subject in Catholic Mexico (even though demonstrators for peasants\u2019 rights have recently been disrobing en masse downtown), and politicians, arts organisations and sponsors have…<\/p>\n