Posted by Budding life drawing artists are being offered the chance the chance to develop their skills at a drop-in class in the city next week. But that will be the least of the worries for those who choke at the idea of full frontal nudity.
Part of a series of classes being organised across the country by Artangel, the event has partly been organised to promote a week-long Channel 4 TV venture.
Starting July 6, Life Class: Today’s Nude will be five half-hour lunchtime episodes, each devoted to drawing or painting the naked figure, each starring just two people: the artist and the model. As Louise France in The Observer writes: “Meditative, slow-moving, repetitive – Today’s Nude is everything that most television output isn’t, and all the more magical for that.
“Mostly the camera will be on the model, who does not move while the artist, out of view, sketches the figure. Often they’re simply silently working, the only sound the scratch of charcoal on paper.”
The drop-in class will be on Wednesday, July 1 between 12 and 2pm at Spike Island, 113 Cumberland Road. Artangel says the classes will operate on a drop-in basis, with admission half-hourly, and places allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Admission is free, but places cannot be booked in advance.
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