Taking Bodypainting to The Streets

Although Body Painting with Makeup has become more main stream in recent years, there are still places where it might not be a good idea to take Body Painting, like in the middle of Times Square in New York City, NY. Artist Andy Golub found out that a Body Painting exhibition of nude models on the the streets of Manhattan on July 30, 2011 was not well received by the NYPD. Although he has done Body Painting outdoors at New York City Landmarks before, this time he stretched the limits by having his models remove their g-strings which keeps Body Painting within the bounds of the obscenity laws.

A traditional Canvas Artist, Mr Golub, who now resides in South Nyak, NY, not far from Mehron Headquarters, where he often visits to purchase Mehron Liquid Makeup and Paradise Makeup AQ for his Body Painting endeavors. Andy discovered Body Painting after he began to paint other objects such as car parts, surfboards and even cars. After painting a mannequin, he decided that a real live body would be an interesting canvas, and so began his Body Painting in 2006 at an Artexpo.

Since 2006, Andy Golub has been pushing Body Painting to the limits with his public exhibitions on the streets of New York, as he related to Reporter Nathan Burstein, who published an article on August 9, 20111 for the New York Post entitled, Lewd Awakening, NYC Painter Displays Naked Ambition and has a close brush with the law, “When I started painting outdoors, it became an interaction that included the public. When people see a nude model, it’s like, ‘Wow’ — it makes them look at things differently.”

The Art of Body Painting is constantly evolving and Artists like Andy Golub are always looking for the next level to which to take their Art, however, taking it to the streets just might be pushing the envelop a little too far unless you are willing to get tangled up in law for your Art.