US artist spray paints naked volunteers for interpretation of Wagner opera

Jun 24, 1:23 pm

London, June 24 (ANI): American photographer Spencer Tunick spray painted 1,700 naked people in red and gold at Munich's Max-Joseph-Platz to bring to life his interpretation of scenes from Richard Wagner's opera ' Der Ring des Nibelungen ' on Saturday.

The 45-year-old had been invited to help the Bavarian State Opera launch their 2012 summer season.

According to the website, his installations enable individiuals "en masse, without their clothing, grouped together (to) metamorphose into a new shape".

"The individuals en masse, without their clothing, grouped together metamorphose into a new shape. The bodies extend into and upon the landscape, like a substance," the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.

"These grouped masses, which do no underscore sexuality, become abstractions that challenge or reconfigure one's views of nudity and privacy," he added.

The stunning show is far from his first - the New Yorker has been photographing 'live nude figure in public' since 1992. (ANI)

Spencer Tunick, Richard Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen

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