Sarah White: Naked therapist gets kicked out from West Chelsea Art Festival (Video, Pictures)
Sarah White, the famous therapist who leads therapy sessions in the nude, has been kicked out from the West Chelsea Art Festival with organizers saying her work is self-promotion, not art. She was supposed to do a performance art piece by leading therapy sessions in the nude.
White's proposed a four-day performance art piece, which was initially accepted by the festival's organizers in April before being rejected May 1, would have invited gallery-goers into a room in the Hotel Americano decorated with portraits of scantily-clad White, 24, alongside pics of nearly-nude dudes.
Visitors were invited to watch White on a live webcam while she stripped down to the buff while talking to "clients" about their concerns — from sexual to childhood issues.
White said it was a piece of art that was meant to comment on the use of hotels and the web as studio spaces.
But organizers rescinded their invitation for White to be included in the May 11 event a week-and-a-half before kickoff, after she sent them a promotional image for the event that included a scantily-clad man and an image of a bare-shouldered White, along with the URL for her "performance art" website, www.thenakedtherapist.org, she said.
