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2010, performance; 2011, 2:15, digital video Figure drawing is a dying art. And rightfully so. A final, institutionalized struggle to repress the carnal desires coaxed by the objectification of a another human being put in prolonged physical discomfort for the benefit of another's self-fulfillment has long been replaced by more efficient means. Photography, pornography, Hooters, and generally a service economy fulfill this role as well as concomitant needs, like as hunger or a place to celebrate your birthday. Even the time that figure drawing prescribed to meditate on the human form can be easily supplanted by at strip bar or display window. Conveniently, it is still possible to hire a nude model to pose for one's drawing practice or contemplation of figure drawing. The act of figure drawing is always the idealization, regardless of abasement or aggrandizement, of the human form through the translation of the artist and her idea what is seen, relevant, or representable. For this reason, more "ideal" body types are preferred, making the conversion more direct. The act of representation then becomes a circuit of idealizing the idealized form--an unintentional tautology.
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