"DRAW ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS": THE HISTORY OF THE ARTISTS MODEL
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CLASS DESCRIPTION
DRAW ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS: THE HISTORY OF THE ARTISTS MODEL
The iconic and romanticised Titanic scene is possibly one of the most memeified moments in cinema history – but what does it really mean to be a muse?
Calling on her experiences as a professional artists model, in this lecture Lily Holder aims to retell the history of figurative art from the perspective of the model. We shall explore the impact of the muse on the development of art history and ask why we rarely hear the story behind the iconic figures that hang on our gallery walls.
From Lizzie Siddall to Edie Sedgwick – we will discuss the tumultuous and often codependent dynamic between Artist and Muse and ask what happens when these women are no longer deemed useful to the men they inspired. We will close the session by discussing the contemporary role of the life model and how the pandemic has influenced models to redefine and reinvent their role in the artistic process.
OUR LECTURER
Lily Holder is a life model and figurative artist based in South East London. She works regularly as a life model for London Drawing Group alongside a number of institutions including The Royal Academy, UAL and Eton College.Lily also teaches life drawing in her own private sessions as well as at UCL.
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JANUARY TERM FEMINIST LECTURE PROGRAM LINEUP!
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9 January: A FEMALE HISTORY OF MADNESS
16 January: FOLKLORE, FEMINISM AND FORESTS IN EASTERN EUROPE
23 January: DRAW ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS: A HISTORY OF THE ARTISTS MODEL
30 January: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON: FEMINISM, PHOTOGRAPHY & PRE RAPHAELITISM
6 February: WOMEN’S WORK: INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND PATRIARCHY
13 February: EMPOWERING AUTISTIC WOMEN AND GIRLS
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20 February: CYBERFEMINISM & THE WOMEN OF WEB BASED ART
27 February: WALKING, RUNNING & FEMINIST ART PRACTICE
6 March: BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS & THE HISTORY OF ABSTRACT ART
13 March: BLACK BRITISH WOMANHOOD & RECLAIMING THE LANDSCAPE: (BLACK NATURE WRITING AND ART)
20 March: NATURE, CULTURE & WOMANHOOD: // GENDERING MOTHER NATURE? GENDERED ENVIRONMENTALITIES, // ECOFEMINISM AND CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
27 March: READING WITH ANAIS NIN: BAD SEX & DIRTY BOOKS
3 April: A SHORT GUIDE TO FEMINIST PORN: THE POLITICS OF PRODUCING PLEASURE
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