Life drawing got a little livelier recently at the New York Academy of Art, when the musician Iggy Pop posed for a varied crowd of 21 people, aged 19 to 80, in an unusual art class organised by New York’s Brooklyn Museum and conceived by the UK artist Jeremy Deller. “For me, it makes perfect sense for Iggy Pop to be the subject of a life class; his body is central to an understanding of rock music and its place within American culture,” Deller says. “His body has witnessed much and should be documented.” The art from the session is due to go on show at the Brooklyn Museum this autumn, under the title Iggy Pop Life Class, with a tour to be announced. We can’t wait to see the depictions of the wizened rocker in the nude.
