Books: Night Shift
2017; Royal College of General Practitioners; Volume: 67; Issue: 661 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3399/bjgp17x692033
ISSN1478-5242
Autores Tópico(s)Homelessness and Social Issues
ResumoThe final images by Tunick are stunning and show the architecture of this proud maritime city transformed with a glorious sea of bodies.The genius of his work is that he stops you in your tracks, making you appreciate what is all around you together with the human form in all its shapes and sizes.On previous installations he hasn't had enough people to fill an entire concourse, but, here, the main street outside the city hall is full as far as the eye can see with a mesmerising sea of different hues of blue, and now representing the largest nude installation in the UK.Next to these images is Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard Manet, on loan from the Courtauld Gallery.It depicts a female nude having a picnic with two fully dressed men and, at the time, it shocked the art world, who denied it entrance to the fashionable Paris Salon in 1863.Now, 150 years on, nudity is seemingly still shocking and there remain critics of what is seen as sensationalism.Tunick himself said, 'For me the nude represents culture coming into the city and how culture makes the city a more open and accepting place.' 1 He has certainly achieved this in Hull, and, at the same time, put its year as City of Culture firmly on the map.The 2017 programme is bold, interesting, and huge -from exhibitions about the first female boxing champion to a sound piece on the Humber bridge, a Nordic folk festival to a children's literature festival.What most impressed me with my visits to the city was the warmth and friendliness of the locals who are proud of their city, without displaying any arrogance.And before you ask, no, I'm not going to reveal where I was lying …
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