Spencer Tunick, Reaction Zone, Also with Video Collaboration with Chris Habib and Sonic Youth, I-20 Gallery, Poster, 2000

Size: 24 x 32 inches

Since the early 1990s, Spencer Tunick’s performances have involved posing nudes creatively in outdoor settings. At first he was discreet, leading art writer Carlo McCormick to humorously describe Tunick’s street works as “human graffiti” under the radar of the authorities. But with the “Reaction Zone” series, begun in 1994, Tunick raised the stakes and deliberately staged performances in conspicuous high-profile locations certain to attract the police. One case following his arrest made it all the way to the Supreme Court, which in a 1999 decision upheld Tunick’s constitutional rights to stage his performances with the proper permits. This poster features a legal NYC performance at 23rd Street and 10th Avenue very close to the location of the I-20 Gallery.