![]() ![]() ![]() Pop was also recently at the New York Film Festival, chatting up the Jim Jarmusch documentary Gimme Danger the film, which documents the history of Iggy and the Stooges, opens October 28 at IFC Center. Tickets are $40 for general admission, $65 with a copy of the catalog, and $85 with a copy of the catalog signed by Pop and Deller. Iggy Pop goes Naked for Life Class The life class is a special place in which to scrutinize the human form. On Thursday, November 3, Iggy and Deller will be at the museum for a discussion about art, music, and nudity, moderated by writer and educator Tom Healy. life drawing class with a guest model: American rock legend Iggy Pop. “His body has witnessed much and should be documented.” The resulting exhibition, “Iggy Pop Life Class by Jeremy Deller,” featuring nudes from the class as well as selections from the Brooklyn Museum collection, will open on the fifth floor of the museum on November 4 and run through March 26. Twenty-one artists, from all walks of life, gathered at the New York Academy of. “For me it makes perfect sense for Iggy Pop to be the subject of a life class his body is central to an understanding of rock music and its place within American culture,” Deller explains on his website. The artists, ranging in age from nineteen to eighty, were selected by Jeremy Deller and Brooklyn Museum vice director Sharon Matt Atkins. The model that Sunday afternoon was Muskegon native James Newell Osterberg Jr., better known as punk icon Iggy Pop. Why: On February 21, twenty-one artists gathered at the New York Academy of Art, participating in a special life-drawing class led by Michael Grimaldi. For Deller, the life drawing class offered the opportunity to study his body in direct and palpable terms. When: Thursday, November 3, $40-$85, 7:00 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. The Turner Prize-winning conceptual artist Jeremy Deller, known for orchestrating large-scale collaborative projects, has here doubled the traditional life-model class as an ephemeral celebrity performance. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 200 Eastern Parkway at Washington St., 21 On Sunday, February 21, 2016, 22 artists, ranging from ages 19 to 80, gathered at the New York Academy of Art - where musician Iggy Pop was the unexpected model. Levan Songulashvili created four drawings on February 21, 2016, during the art project. What: Thursday Nights Brooklyn Talks discussion The American legend and pioneer of rock music Iggy Pop was a model and subject of the performative project Iggy Pop Life Class, organized by the Brooklyn Museum and conceived by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller. “Iggy Pop Life Class by Jeremy Deller,” organized by the Brooklyn Museum, Febru(photo by Elena Olivo, © Brooklyn Museum) ![]()
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