Models

Models in the painting atelier

The human figure represents one of the most challenging aspects of experience: the opposition of the object of ourselves and the object of otherness. An essential task of the artist is the forming of experience, and the making of metaphor for that experience. The naturally composed system of weights and balances of the human form, and the potential for movement and change evoke simultaneously the idea of time and stability. Understanding one's perception of the figure in relation to the environment, the connection between the human form and the space it occupies, expands this experience. It is in the intimacy between these formal elements that the mystery of our experience opens for us.

The School strives to make this experience an essential part of the student's daily study; therefore, models are constantly present in all drawing, painting and sculpture ateliers.