We were amazed looking at every piece; it was impossible to hold back our emotions while the works were progressing.
The abstract beauty was confusing, sometimes we weren’t sure if the paint was on the skin or the skin over the paint; the form made us follow in love, the color hypnotized us, and the ideas convinced us.
Every year, body painting artists meet in Tel Aviv, Israel to offer an alternative life to the body, transforming it into a living canvas. The participants come from all around the country, and for them, nothing is more rewarding than seeing their magnum opus finished. There are some pieces that took three hours to be finished, even some which required more time, but all the artists worked with the same passion and perfectionism.
The men and women who were painted claimed they didn’t feel naked, they rather told us ‘it was like wearing an extravagant and genuine outfit’.
Music by Israeli bands Infected Mushroom & Sabaya:
