By Syndicated Content
By Dan Fastenberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If you happened to stroll by Union Square in New York City on Sunday, you might have been greeted by an unusual sight: people posing nude, their bodies covered in floral designs and stars painted in bright colors.
That’s how a group of 26 artists and 45 models celebrated the eighth annual NYC Bodypainting Day, using the human body as their canvas to promote messages like body positivity.
“The idea of the event is really to promote free expression and acceptance of all people, their ideas as artists and also their bodies,” said artist Andy Golub, the event’s main organizer.
July 26, 2021
published at 1:42 AMReuters
Theresa Snipe is painted during the annual NYC Bodypainting Day at Union Square in New York City, US, on July 25, 2021
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NEW YORK - If you happened to stroll by Union Square in New York City on Sunday (July 25), you might have been greeted by an unusual sight: people posing nude, their bodies covered in floral designs and stars painted in bright colors.
That s how a group of 26 artists and 45 models celebrated the eighth annual NYC Bodypainting Day, using the human body as their canvas to promote messages like body positivity. The idea of the event is really to promote free expression and acceptance of all people, their ideas as artists and also their bodies, said artist Andy Golub, the event s main organiser.
Almost fifty models were painted in colorful and unique designs for Sunday s bodypainting event
The theme of the eighth New York City Bodypainting Day theme is resilience
Ten years ago artist Andy Golub, the event s main organizer, was arrested along with two of his models
The charges were ultimately dropped with the NYPD forced to acknowledge that nude bodypainting was art
Models of all shapes and sizes marched from Union Square to Greenwich Village before boarding a double-decker bus to travel through the city, over the Manhattan Bridge getting off in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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