The idea of the nude body is ingrained into art history. It’s in the DNA of painting and sculpture. From Gauguin to Koak, Kyle Dunn to Danielle Mckinney, Picasso to Timothy Lai, we at Juxtapoz are either looking at the nude form in painting or reading about it in our history books all the time.The nude is both enticing and historic, illuminating and introspective. Maybe that is what makes covering art so difficult on social media; one whiff of the nude body and you get reprimanded by the algorithmic discipline committee! So why do we have such a hard time talking about it, seeing it, appreciating the nude? And who are the models who are not part of our cultural heritage?
Artist and Sotheby’s Institute faculty member Leo Crane thinks it’s time to reconsider the contribution of nude models to art history. Are life models active participants in the creative process? As part of a 5-week summer collaboration between the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and our Jux Saturday School series, this week we take a look at how the nude life model fits into a historic narrative about art and how one becomes a model.
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