This course is designed to develop our ability to see, analyze and create. The main subject of our investigation is the human figure as one of the oldest and most delightful subjects of art. Our work will be a conscientious effort to develop keen perceptual and painting skills, with an emphasis on individual growth and development. You will study the human body as a part of a larger understanding of the origin of art language, not only as representation.
Acquiring fundamental approaches to painting, and to nude painting in particular, will enable you to continue on your own and will help you understand that observational skills are fundamental to any artwork, including abstraction. You will recognize that the long history of figure drawing and painting is an integral part of contemporary art. One of the goals of this class is to establish a practice of painting or drawing within an art historical perspective.
In our studio work, we will investigate image making that uses the figure. As we work with life models, we will employ different learning techniques and approaches—from gestural drawing exercises to sustained painting sessions. Participants are encouraged to pursue their own approach to the human figure, acquiring skills that will be vital to each individual participant’s development.
Information
- Venue
- Hohensalzburg Fortress
- Date
- 21. 7. – 2. 8. 25
- Teaching language
- English (Russian and German possible)
- Participation fee
- 670 Euro (reduced 495 Euro)
- Requirements
- None
- What to bring
- Preferred painting tools and materials. Bring your own portfolios to start the initial discussion, as well as your individual standpoint and potential direction.
- Maximum number of participants
- 20
- Co-teacher
- Katharina Karner
Irina Nakhova
Irina Nakhova works concurrently with painting, with creating structured environments from several superimposed planes, and with installations which, in their most vivid form, employ painting, digital printing, sculpture and interactive audio and video. Her works often create and define space using formal means and materials, achieving this with biting wit and a historical and social perspective. She seeks to surprise viewers, to make something happen they do not expect. Her intentions are fulfilled when she introduces unpredictability, activates the spectator, and provokes thought.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions:
2020 Wall, pop/off/art gallery, Moscow.
2019 Irina Nakhova: Museum on the Edge, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ (US).
2017 Battle of the Invalids, pop/off/art gallery, Moscow.
2016 Gaze, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Irina Nakhova: Presence, Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, NY (US).
2015 Green Pavilion, Representing Russia at the 56th International Art Exhibition, Biennale di Venezia, Venice (IT).
Selected group exhibitions:
2024 Painting to Scale! Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
2023 The Brodsky Center at Rutgers University: Three Decades, 1986-2017, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
2022 Thinking Pictures: Conceptual Art from Moscow and the Baltics, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn (EE). De Profundis,Golubitsky Art Foundation. May–October, Golubitskoe (RU).
2020 Not Forever 1968–1985, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
2019 THERE IS A BEGINNING IN THE END. The Secret Tintoretto Fraternity, Chiesa San Fantin, Venice.
2018 Performer and Participant, Tate Modern, London.
Publications
Irina Nakhova: Museum on the Edge, Jane A. Sharp and Julia Tulovsky, Zimmerili Museum and Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ (US), 2019.
Irina Nakhova. The Green Pavilion, Margarita Tupitsyn, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, 2015.
Rooms, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Maier, Moscow, 2011.
Irina Nakhova: Works 1973–2004, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts and National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Salzburg (AT), 2004.
