The drag queen muses are set to appear as part of SketchSesh, the life drawing project founded by artists James Davison and Simon Gray in 2017. As venues shut down during the pandemic, the IRL event has been taken online, offering a limited number of spaces via Zoom.
Gigi Goode will appear in the first session on January 27 at 7pm GMT. “Gigi will be streaming looks and poses from LA to SketchSesh artists around the world!” reads an announcement via Instagram. Naomi Smalls, meanwhile, is set to take part February 3, with Bimini following the week after.
Spots in a SketchSesh session cost £10, and you can RSVP via sketchsesh@gmail.com. View more details in the post below.
Every significant artist has at least one defining work that consecrates their legacy. In 1984, the release of
Like A Virgin was Madonna’s opportunity to consolidate the success of her debut record and properly establish herself in the charts. Drawing provocative parallels between her own name and the mother of Christ, while invoking the idea of the immaculate conception and flirting with eroticised religious imagery, this album was, for Madonna, just such a work. Amid the furore of controversy that surrounded its release, she ascended into the canon of popular culture and
Like A Virgin remains one of the best-selling albums of all-time.
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