«Suddenly this opened up a whole new way of representing the body that was not about a formal
academic life drawing class.
This exhibition takes its leave from
the academic life drawing classes of old, not with examples of their output, but with paintings of 18th - century wood - panelled classrooms teeming with bewigged students studying muscular torsos.
Not exact matches
His commanding portraits and tableaux of recent years combine familiar representational forms, such as the portrait of the artist or the
academic life -
drawing class, with political references that frame deeply probing historical narratives.
And as
life drawing has become disentangled from its historical academic context, it has been gradually reinvigorated, as is demonstrated by projects like Jeremy Deller's Iggy Pop Life Class (20
life drawing has become disentangled from its historical
academic context, it has been gradually reinvigorated, as is demonstrated by projects like Jeremy Deller's Iggy Pop
Life Class (20
Life Class (2016).