Spencer Tunick Nude Installation Opens 2012 Munich Opera Festival

By Rusty Blazenhoff on June 23, 2012

photo by Luca Teuchmann for Getty Images via New York Daily News

For his latest art installation titled The Ring, American artist Spencer Tunick gathered hundreds of naked volunteers to mark the the opening of the 2012 Munich opera season. Tunick, known worldwide for his nude installations, recreated scenes from Richard Wagner’s opera Der Ring des Nibelungen. Volunteers were painted either red or gold and brought to several locations around Munich, Germany for the installation commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera. Additional images are available (1, 2).

The red group enters and fills up the Ring

Spencer Tunick in the crowd
image via Bayerische Staatsoper

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