The RISD Museum Showcases the Human Figure in Show About the Use of the Artist’s Model Through Time in an exhibition Changing Poses: The Artist’s Model, going on now through June 5, 2011.
Since ancient times, models have been an essential tool for all artists depicting the human figure.
The exhibition at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art offers a fascinating exhibition on the role of the artist’s model, demonstrating the range of bodies that have fueled artistic creativity from the Renaissance to the present. The exhibition showcases more than 50 works from the RISD Museum’s esteemed collection of prints, drawings, and photographs, including several recent acquisitions never before on view.
Changing Poses shows that the working relationships between artists and models are continually evolving while also responding to the past. At various circumstances, an artist’s model could be female or male, amateur or professional, anonymous or intimately known, and of any age, body type, ethnicity, or class. Visitors will find pieces by Rembrandt, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol, as well as lesser-known figures.
link: Museum Publicity