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TAPE_NUMBER: EN9931 IN_TIME: 11:34:53 LENGTH: 01:44 SOURCES: AuBC RESTRICTIONS: AuBC material = No access Australia/Internet FEED: SCRIPT: xfa STORY : NUDE ART LOCATION : SYDNEY DATE : AUGUST 4 From koalas to the Olympic Games to naked artists, there's definitely something for everyone in Australia these days Nineteen women in their underwear, and another one naked, stood and sat on the floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney on Wednesday (4/08) The audience watched the models and the models watched the audience The minimalist show which had been the toast of the New York art scene left some Australians wondering about the direction of their contemporary art Nudity and art have long been synonymous But New Yorkbased Italian artist, VANESSA BEECROFT has taken the association to the extreme Rather than photographing or painting models in a studio, she brings them to an audience Beecroft says she's experimenting with images of women But in Sydney, she backed away from having as many totally nude bodies as she had in past performances The 30yearold artist who wowed them in New York and Venice with a similar show of female flesh prepared 20 Australian women for the live portrait event Both artist and helpers documented their spontaneous poses The show was unleashed on a sellout audience at the Museum of Contemporary Art, where the models stood, occasionally moved, but mostly stared right back at the audience Gallery chairman JOHN KALDOR put 50thousand US dollars of his money to bring Vanessa Beecroft to Sydney SHOTLIST: GVS MODELS IN UNDERWEAR ; SOT ARTIST VANESSA BEECROFT ; GVS MODELS ; SOT JEFFREY DEITCH, US ART DEALER ; GVS AUDIENCE LOOKING AT MODELS ; SOT VOX POP ; SOT VOX POP ; SOT VOX POP ; GVS MODELS?