The other day my husband asked me, "what's the significant difference between the work of Ryan McGinley and Spencer Tunick?"
He continued, "they both construct nude-filled landscapes."
At first I laughed, but the more I thought about it...
Thoughts?
He continued, "they both construct nude-filled landscapes."
At first I laughed, but the more I thought about it...
San Sebastian 5 © Spencer Tunick
Tree #3 © Ryan McGinley
Is the difference a sense of order versus the illusion of spontaneity? Or, is the difference merely that Ryan McGinley chooses hotter models?Thoughts?
Labels: Ryan McGinley
8 Comments:
hah. i honestly never thought to compare the two. is mcginley in fact using models on these road trips? if so, it is very much an illusion. tunick uses volunteers from the communities he's shooting right? that means so much more to me. it's huge conceptually. however, i'm a big fan of mcginley's work & would probably look longer at one of his naked models playing with fireworks than folks laying in the street. i don't know anything about anything though.
I think these two mathamatical equations sum it up:
(Ryan McGinley)-(Vice Magazine) = Spencer Tunick.
(Spencer Tunick)-(Anne Geddis) = Ryan McGinley
hi amy!
well, i never got the sense there were any conceptual similarities between the two.
i love mcginley's images for their capriciousness and energetic power. mr. tunick's images can be interesting no doubt. a huge undertaking and my hats off to him and his production talents. however, i've grown a little tired of it, and i don't see much of a point to it anymore.
I'd thought I'd offer an older addition to the genre of body filled landscapes. It's Arthur Mole and his work is the antithesis of the 'illusion of spontaneity'.
Erich
In Korea, Ryan's photographs are mentioned in Art section and San's photography are introduced in the "World News" section.
I can't revise my comment, Amy. I'd like to revise San to Spencer.
both images make me queasy. Piled naked bodies do not conjure up anything good for me. And both images (especially together) seem unconcerned with humanity.
And yes, I do think McGinley's pic is influenced by Tunick's.
sure they are similiar - they play on a certain kitschyness in the represantation of the natural body. Tunick does it more in a conceptual performance aesthetic whereas Ryan is more playing on pop culture feelings.
Also the number of people soemtimes remebers me of military in Spencers picture. Ryans have a certain anti-aura in them not military at all (rather childish nudity, innocent play) although it is never really anti but more a less artificial form of pop art
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