The subject of Nude Studies: the painter’s model. It refers to the for centuries depicted (white) nude model in the history of painting. Looking and being looked at, the relationship between the model and the artist, the ideal form of the body, the colour of skin, come together in a balancing pink shelf. The object, the sculpture, the ‘model’, or the monochrome painting on the photograph, play both the role of the nude model itself as its depiction.

Inspiration for these works are old photographs of models in a 19^th century painter’s ateliers and at the Academie Royale des Beaux Arts in Paris. On these pictures you can see the tools that help the model stand or sit still in the same position for a long time.