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COVER STORY
The Nude
Kurt Andersen and choreographer Bill T. Jones talk
about how artists use the nude and its mix of beauty and shock.
Painting the Nude
Every couple of years a group in Washington DC takes
over a giant space, like an abandoned warehouse, and fills it full of
art by more than 700 artists. The project is called Art-o-Matic. And as
we discovered, a great number of the paintings at Art-o-Matic are pictures
of people not wearing clothes. Produced by Richard Paul.
See Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People
See Goya's Maja paintings
Go to Art-o-Matic
 damali
ayo
"Nude" is also the name of a color - that
of the pinkish "flesh" crayon, or a shade of women's hosiery.
The artist and writer damali ayo decided to create a series of paintings
based on a different tone of nude -- her own, un-pink skin. So she visited
a series of paint stores, took along her low-fi tape recorder and asked
for help from the guys behind the counters. Produced by Dmae Roberts.
Go to damali ayo's site
Spencer Tunick
The artist Spencer Tunick has probably photographed
more naked people than any person on earth. You may have seen him fill
Times Square with nude volunteers in an installation that HBO chronicled
in a documentary. This past June Tunick's work reached a new zenith when
he photographed more than 7,000 nude people in Barcelona. Now, he's back
in the US working on a new, more intimate, series of works. Produced by
Matt Holzman.
Go to Spencer Tunick's site
SPECIAL GUEST
Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones
is a choreographer and performer in the forefront of contemporary dance.
He co-founded the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Now in it's
twentieth year, the company has about 75 works in repertory, and has performed
in more than 130 American cities and 30 countries. Jones has also created
works by commission from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Boston Ballet,
Lyon Opera Ballet, Berkshire Ballet, Berlin Opera Ballet, Lincoln Center's
Serious Fun Festival, and others. His memoirs, Last Night on Earth, were
published in 1995.
Go to Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Go to The Phantom Project at The Kitchen
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