The drawings of the New York Academy of Art exposed at the Brooklyn Museum align Iggy’s iconic body with the history of art. I thought his body deserves to be looked at differently, to be taken more seriously, in a way that would connect him to art history.” Jeremy Deller and the Brooklyn Museum organised the exhibition “Iggy Pop Life Class” gathering a lot of material from the academy.ĭeller about this exhibition says: “There are hundreds of thousands of photographs of him, but very few drawings. In February 2016, he posed nude in front of the artists of the New York Academy of Art. His body, surrounded by this mythological halo, became an appealing object of representation. “There are hundreds of thousands of photographs of him, but very few drawings. Deller, in fact, describes the icon of rock with the following words: “That’s what Iggy actually is: an ancient, mythological figure, but in contemporary form.”įrom “Iggy Pop Life Class” by Jeremy Deller, 2016 In other words, he wanted to imbue his character with a sort of demigod appearance. Pharaohs were considered both human and divine by the Egyptians. “That’s what Iggy actually is: an ancient, mythological figure, but in contemporary form” He, in fact, said to Total Chaos: “I saw the Pharaohs with no shirts and I thought, ‘It just looks so classic. The idea of showing the torso came to Iggy’s mind when he saw how Pharaohs were depicted. “I use my body as an object of commerce, ” he said to the artist Jeremy Deller. His work was also based on the importance of the body. “I saw the Pharaohs with no shirts and I thought, ‘It just looks so classic. However, the most recurrent feature of the photographs seems to be one: Iggy with his shirt off. He managed to catch the energy, the powerful and overwhelming madness of Iggy Pop’s spectacles. In May 1970, Iggy Pop gave some performances at the Whisky, and the photographer Ed Caraeff was there that night. “Iggy Pop and the Stooges: One Night at the Whisky 1970” is a book that is coming out this June and that is going to show the essence of this Rock character. Iggy Pop wearing silver-lane evening gloves on stage at the Whisky, May 1970įrom “Iggy and The Stooges: One Night at The Whisky 1970” published by ACC Art Books The flowing of Iggy’s body movements and the powerful flowing of the lines and contours of Michelangelo’s and Sebastiano’s drawings represent a recurrent theme in the western tradition: the aesthetic of the body and its art. Two current exhibitions, “Iggy Pop Life Class” and “Michelangelo and Sebastiano,” seem to answer this question. How is one of the icons of rock connected to the academic discipline of the history of art? There is a connection between these two fields, and they incredibly intertwine around a particular figure: Iggy Pop. It can also be linked to the history of art when our eyes move and follow the swirling and elegant lines of a painting or a drawing. However, flowing can also be linked to music, like the flowing of a melody that passes through our ears or the fascinating movements of a singer on stage. A river, a waterfall, or elements that are generally related to water. When we read the word “flowing” many things come to mind.
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