Art lovers have stripped off for nude tours of a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, a concept designed to remove the material barrier between artist and audience.
Another sold-out breakfast showing at the Canberra gallery, attended by men and women covering a wide age range, took place on Thursday morning.
Melbourne-based contemporary artist Stuart Ringholt led the cheeky events and said it was a liberating experience.”Turrell’s show focuses on light and skin drinks in light so we thought the works would be best viewed naked so the whole body can partake in the experience,” he told AFP.
One of those on the tour, who was not named, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that naked viewing had changed his perspective on art entirely.
“Once you’re there… you go, ‘Oh I could look at all art like this, for the rest of my life’. I’ll probably get arrested in future,” he said.
After the hour-long tour, the groups enjoyed drinks together, also naked.
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