Iggy Pop Life Class

by Jeremy Deller ; ed. by Sharon Matt Atkins ; texts by Mark Beasley, Frances Borzello ; an interview with Iggy Pop by Jeremy Deller and Sharon Matt Atkins

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Author(s)

Jeremy Deller, Sharon Matt Atkins, Mark Beasley, Frances Borzello

Editor(s)

Sharon Matt Atkins

Publication

New York ; London : Brooklyn Museum ; Heni Publishing, 2016

Scope

144 Pages, illustrated, 30 cm.

ISBN

9780993316135

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In Iggy Pop Life Class, artist Jeremy Deller used the traditional life drawing class to stage a performative event with Iggy Pop as model and subject. Deller’s collaboration with Pop as a nude model is essential to his concept. A pioneer rock musician—as a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor—Pop began performing in the 1960s, becoming known for strenuous and unpredictable stage performances that often left his body battered and cut. As Deller notes, "Iggy Pop has one of the most recognizable bodies in popular culture. A body that is key to an understanding of rock music, and that has been paraded, celebrated, and scrutinized through the years in a way that is unusual for a man. It is also fair to say that it has witnessed a lot. It was for these reasons that I wanted him to sit for a life class." For Deller, the life drawing class offered the opportunity to study his body in direct and palpable terms.

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Person as subject

Richard Deacon

Keywords

painting , performance , body , drawing

Location

Cabinet 2 - 2: Kunstenaars

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;

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