In the flesh Elena Olivo, 漏 Brooklyn Museum
When the schools of London鈥檚 Royal Academy of Arts were opened in 1769, life drawing 鈥 the business of sketching either live models or the plaster casts of worthy sculptures 鈥 was an essential component of an artist鈥檚 training.
As I wandered around , an exhibition devoted to the history as well as the future of the practice, I overheard a curator explaining that, now life drawing is no longer obligatory in Royal Academy art courses, a new generation of artists are approaching the practice in a 鈥渕ore expressive鈥 way. The…
