An art fee that'll make you blush
Read Cindy Chang's review of Johnny Naked's solo show at Gallery 825 from the Los Angeles Times Calendar Section, November 2, 2006.

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The Ever-Changing Naked Picture Project

"Become Art to Get Art"

By Johnny Naked

NakedPictureProject.com

The Ever-Changing Naked Picture Project

About the project:

The Ever-Changing Naked Picture Project is an audience participation art project spanning several months, beginning in January 2006 and ending in November of the same year.

The project is being presented at Gallery 825, located at 825 N. La Cienega Ave. in Los Angeles and it is the creative brainchild of the artist Johnny Naked.

Here is a picture of the installation currently on display, showing the "Invitation" on the left, which invites viewers to agree to pose for a nude portrait in the Gallery 825 space in exchange for possession of the print framed on the right.

Upon posing for the project, the subject's portrait will replace the one currently on display, which will then be given to them as "payment" for their participation. This process will continue for several months until the end of October, when all the images created throughout the life span of the project will be displayed together in a final show.

The following is the entire text from the Invitation:

BUY THIS ART FOR FREE!*

You may purchase this photographic artwork with absolutely no money whatsoever. All that is asked of you in return for the transfer of ownership of said artwork is for you to pose for a nude photograph within this gallery space to replace the one you are taking possession of, including signing an appropriate standard photographic art release form to allow its exhibition and future sale.

You may pose however you wish: curled up in a ball, face down on the floor, just standing there, hiding your face, not hiding your face, etc., etc. The only requirement for the pose is that you do so completely nude. Creativity is encouraged as your participation in this project is a valuable contribution to the overall body of work.

Within three days after posing, you will be given the print currently exhibited when your picture was taken, as well as a copy of your own portrait. Your photo will hang until someone else exchanges their services as a model for it in the same way you have done for the piece you are acquiring.

If you wish to acquire this artwork and pose for the

Ever-Changing Naked Picture Project*

please contact the artist by e-mail at:

JohnnyNaked@gmail.com

(Please include in your correspondence a phone number where you may be contacted directly at.)

You may also visit the project's website for more information/rules/conditions/etc. at:

www.NakedPictureProject.com

On the website, as well as here at the gallery, a list of all participants will be maintained and kept up to date.

This project will culminate in a final "group show" of all the participants' poses here in Gallery 825 from October 20 to November 17, 2006.

Thank you for your interest and love for art!

I look forward to the opportunity of doing business with you.

Sincerely,
Johnny Naked

Contact JohnnyNaked@gmail.com to Participate

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