Models Archives - Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/tag/models/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:24:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Models Archives - Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/tag/models/ 32 32 118955609 Hettie Anderson Was Anything But a Passive Muse https://hyperallergic.com/901679/hettie-anderson-was-anything-but-passive-muse/ https://hyperallergic.com/901679/hettie-anderson-was-anything-but-passive-muse/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:53:40 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=901679 Her face has gazed over midtown Manhattan traffic for over a century, but it wasn’t until 2023 that Hettie Anderson received official public recognition in words.]]>

Her face has gazed over midtown Manhattan traffic for over a century, but it wasn’t until 2023 that Hettie Anderson received official public recognition in words.

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A Classic Film Reminds Us That Modeling Is Labor https://hyperallergic.com/540793/model-frederick-wiseman-new-york-fashion-week/ https://hyperallergic.com/540793/model-frederick-wiseman-new-york-fashion-week/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:00:08 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=540793 The perfect movie for New York Fashion Week is 1981's Model, Frederick Wiseman behind-the-scenes documentary on the industry.]]>

The perfect movie for New York Fashion Week is 1981's Model, Frederick Wiseman behind-the-scenes documentary on the industry.

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A World Tour Through a Collection of Paper Architectural Models https://hyperallergic.com/378546/a-tiny-tour-of-the-world-through-an-incredible-collection-of-paper-models/ Tue, 30 May 2017 23:32:29 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=378546 The National Building Museum's recently acquired collection of 4,500 paper models shows an interpretation of the world in miniature, from black-and-white shtetls to nuclear power plants. ]]>

The National Building Museum's recently acquired collection of 4,500 paper models shows an interpretation of the world in miniature, from black-and-white shtetls to nuclear power plants.

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Memorializing the Forgotten Grave of a Pre-Raphaelite Muse https://hyperallergic.com/349565/memorializing-the-forgotten-grave-of-a-pre-raphaelite-muse/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:07:41 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=349565 Fanny Cornforth has one of the most recognizable faces of Pre-Raphaelite art, yet after dying at an asylum in obscurity, she rests in an unmarked grave.]]>

Fanny Cornforth has one of the most recognizable faces of Pre-Raphaelite art, yet after dying at an asylum in obscurity, she rests in an unmarked grave.

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Paris’s Art Models Protest for Job Security and Better Wages https://hyperallergic.com/277487/pariss-art-models-protest-for-job-security-and-better-wages/ https://hyperallergic.com/277487/pariss-art-models-protest-for-job-security-and-better-wages/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:48:41 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=277487 PARIS — On Saturday afternoon, people trickled across the large plaza in front of the Hôtel de Ville.]]>

PARIS — On Saturday afternoon, people trickled across the large plaza in front of the Hôtel de Ville.

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The Unsung Female Muses of New York’s Public Sculpture https://hyperallergic.com/274340/the-unsung-female-muses-of-new-yorks-public-sculpture/ https://hyperallergic.com/274340/the-unsung-female-muses-of-new-yorks-public-sculpture/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:39:07 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=274340 New York City is seriously lacking in sculptures of historic women, with just five among the hundreds of bronzes and granite monuments in the five boroughs. Yet look into the faces of some of its allegorical figures — its angels, goddesses, and symbols of victory — and there are other real women embodied in these statues, even if their names are often lost.]]>

New York City is seriously lacking in sculptures of historic women, with just five among the hundreds of bronzes and granite monuments in the five boroughs. Yet look into the faces of some of its allegorical figures — its angels, goddesses, and symbols of victory — and there are other real women embodied in these statues, even if their names are often lost.

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Beauty Before Age https://hyperallergic.com/55145/beauty-before-age/ https://hyperallergic.com/55145/beauty-before-age/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:35:27 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=55145 In Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s new documentary About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, we follow the stories of a group of aging models discussing the nature of projecting an image, our society’s preoccupation with youth, and how an industry so consumed with beauty can be so ugly.]]>

In Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s new documentary About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, we follow the stories of a group of aging models discussing the nature of projecting an image, our society’s preoccupation with youth, and how an industry so consumed with beauty can be so ugly.

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