Alan Kane - Life Class
TV programme 2/4
Life Drawing - Art Angel
Channel Four 12.30 pm
Gary Hume
Why is the model so attractive and female? I have inside info that this is the weakest programme out of the four.
“Remember you are not taking a photo of her - you are making another thing. it is your drawing - make mistakes keep them in. you’re making a good thing out of a good looking thing ” - this is gary hume talking (i bet gary hume chose this model)
i thought we’d only see the model, not gary hume.
doesn’t capture any of the frisson of being in a room with a naked person. They are positioned carefully to not see pubic hair? - just boobs.
They are posing for the TV, not the artist.
they all say (the artists taking the programme) it is very difficult to draw and talk at the same time
where is the work? - alan kane directed the shooting of the tv.
music is very “daytime”
Initially I thought the programme would be a bit more minimal, less daytime, although as it went on i appreciated more that the shots on the model are held a long time and the artist talking isn’t necessary “informative” - it is the noise of his process.The programme has been made to draw along with and not watch. A new use for the TV? Active TV.
They don’t talk about the fact that Gary Humes drawing (we glimpse it at the end) is very Gary Hume like.
