Alright so this post has little to do with Life Drawing II and much to do with Art in general. My good friend Paul and I were flew through the first and second seasons of Nip/Tuck on Netflix and finally graduated to Season Tthree! Woot! The show itself is a manifestation of present American society's selfish and glutinous ideology and their continuously evolving definition of 'beauty'. Although that description may not sound too pleasing to some, the show is incredibly intriguing and emotionally charged.
I feel our drawings in class are a physical manifestation of our own ideas of perfection. Think about it. Our own eyes in connection with our hands fill in or change aspects of an object based on how we want them to look. We then must return to the drawing and correct any perceptual flaws. This idea of reconstruction is not absent within the plastic surgery proffession of Christian and Sean, the main characters of Nip/Tuck. Whether on paper or in the surgery room, we are both striving for perfection, with realism. Most patients do not want to look fake rather 'normal'. A natural realism or natural perfection you could say.
Because the show focuses on improvements to define 'beauty' and perfection, how on earth does someone choose imagery depicting such difficult and subjective concepts? They find 'perfect' people. The idea of the nude in modern day's perfection is displayed on this Season III cover. What do you think of this depiction of perfection? What is your ideal beauty?
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