What motivates 1,000 people to take off their clothes, on a typically freezing Bank Holiday weekend, to appear in Spencer Tunick’s latest naked art installation? Exhibitionism, a spirit of collective action or simply the desire to participate in something that you could tell your friends about for years to come?
This time, Tunick was aiming to reinterpret the works of L.S.Lowry for an installation named ‘Everyday People’ – although judging by the photos, there weren’t too many matchstick people available. His work – or more significantly, the willingness of everyday people to appear in his work - is a perfect expression of our times, combining people’s desire for self expression with the spirit of collective action.